Subj : Tastes Like Windows To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Tue May 26 2020 07:32:00 Hi Ky! > KM> Could be the monitor profile used by the creator. Useful to that > KM> person, but won't look right to anyone else. > That's a possibility. I have noticed when my monitor goes into Night > Mode I can see the reds a lot better - some almost too much. KM> Woah... whereas with whatever one is in PCLOS nowadays, I can KM> barely see the difference. Turned it off. I should, or see if there's a way to lessen. Here you'd definitely see the difference, especially shortly before I quit for the night: the reds are RED, approaching the overload adjustment of a CRT. > Well I'll admit to never having tried to change an icon in Linux. The > answer is probably buried somewhere in the Google Hits; the only problem > I've had with icons is when the Virtual XP machine is on the Task Bar > icon isn't always presented: you white/gray-edged box with a slashed red > circle inside. And then suddenly the correct icon is there - seems to > appears when it feels like it. KM> Is that with Gnome? In that case, no idea and I will now run away KM> screaming. Ky! Ky!! Come back! Maybe the system is just giving its opinion of XP as that's the only icon that way! > KM> I loathe the flat pale 'modern' icons; I want them to have color > KM> and texture. > Y'want artwork or a programme that works?! Do agree with you: I don't > know how an icon or any other graphic is created but a litle bit of work > to the details usually implies or at least give a better feeling of the > user. KM> I've noticed that how well something works is more or less KM> inversely proportional to how "modern" the look is. :( "Modern" KM> flat icons don't require anywhere near the meticulous design, KM> since they don't have to look 3D and such. Seems to go along with KM> general lack of polish. It would tend to imply an unfinished-ness. It's sort like when I buy a car I sort of gauge the quality on how good the radio is: figure the manufacturer isn't going to put a cheap radio in a decent car, nor a expensive radio in a wimpy one. And yes, a lot more to the decision than that, plus have it checked by someone who knows the dipstick isn't referring to me! But yes, stick-drawn icons and other graphics tend to imply either a low-quality product is attached or is in the early phases of development. > > Yes: some were "quite nice except for". > KM> THE PROBLEM!! > Only put dark icons on the bright white thing! Problem solved! > ..Except now the icon I use the most is in the middle of the screen, > covered up by what I'm working on! KM> Um.. you could move it... wait, Ubuntu. You can't move it. :P I can move the Desktop icons, and yes, they do stay. Hmmm: could put the camera utility over Bionic Beaver's eye! ...I spy, with my little eye.... > .. Bad Day: Your pet rock snaps at you. KM> Dropped it on my foot. You had an Attack Pet Rock! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... My computer keeps answering me back! (No I don't) --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .