Firmware 2.7 is out!!!!!!!!! - Page 5

tribble · 10-18-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jæd

Adobe is part of Microsoft...?

No, but using linux you would not expect him to use a windows version of acrobat reader, do you?

jæd · 10-18-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by tribble

No, but using linux you would not expect him to use a windows version of acrobat reader, do you?

Thats up to him...

Though I run for Office 2003 on Ubuntu, via Crossover, so its not impossible...

tribble · 10-18-2006, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jæd

Thats up to him...

Though I run for Office 2003 on Ubuntu, via Crossover, so its not impossible...

True, but unlikely, if you have a linux version of the program you want to run

Though now he'll probably try the windows version

rlauzon · 10-18-2006, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by tribble

True, but unlikely, if you have a linux version of the program you want to run

Though now he'll probably try the windows version

I tried at work (where they PAY me to use Windows), but they only have version 6.

I don't really have a working Windows installation at home anymore. Everything at home is Linux.

Maybe it's time to play with VMWare again...

yokos · 10-19-2006, 10:50 AM

low battery & shutdown messages got it's own background image [new files in usr\share\contentlister].

arivero · 10-19-2006, 11:06 AM

Downloaded it, pestering the sysadmin for a wired connection. Pretty thing, I am impresed. It taks courage to modify xpdf interface so heavily.

In is amusing that on one side, the iLiad minimo have no buttons, and on other side the buttons of the taskbar are very minimo-shaped. Do they think to restore minimo buttons into the taskbar? It seems appropiate, from the point of view of Xwindows.

kusmi · 10-19-2006, 11:49 AM

Yep, I also saw the new shutdown message icon... But to be honest, the older was much nicer :-) The new one looks so ugly-microsoft-installer-icons to me...

Also if you look at the different design styles the ilIad has:
- Full-screen 3d renderings (Startup, software upgrade) -> look nice
- Old status icons (with surrounding border, e.g. triangle, or rectangle) -> look nice
- Now they introduced a third scheme (this shutdown icon...) -> looks not so nice

Usually the goal is to find your own style with an device, to separate it from the other devices (e.g. if you look at Sonys, all icons, design look like they fit together)

Sorry, but as a ex-design-head I care about such stuff :-)

Perhaps iRex need some graphics designer or at least someone with some love for details for such things...

I mean it would be so easy, all icons are plain png's (from the captured 2.7 update package I have seen...), it would not be hard to change them...

yokos · 10-19-2006, 12:03 PM

kusmi, was the attached png file in 2.6 the shutdown icon? I already forgot it.
Yes the boot screen shows the complete spectrum of iLiad's colours.

I would like to change iLiad's default fonts.

kusmi · 10-19-2006, 12:33 PM

I don't know anymore, but I think so! Of course this is not an "optimal" shutdown icon either :-) But if you look at most TVs etc, they have something like this:

NatCh · 10-19-2006, 12:55 PM

That's the new "universal" power symbol. I really didn't like the old one (universal power symbol, I mean -- see attached image) because it was backwards from a circuitry point of view, showing a closed circle for off (when the circuit is open) and a straight line for on (when the circuit is closed).

The new symbol clearly conveys that it's a circuit and it's interruptable by that control. Not necessarily clear like that to everyone, but it's no less clear to the general populous than the other was, and it isn't backwards to those who are circuit saavy.

Of course that has nothing to do with anything.

kusmi · 10-19-2006, 01:20 PM

Cool, I was wondering where this sign originally came from :-) And I agree, of corse there might be some cultural differences, so every sign might not be recognized by all cultures... But this "closing book" sign is just ugly :-) sorry...

bingle · 10-19-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

That's the new "universal" power symbol. I really didn't like the old one (universal power symbol, I mean -- see attached image) because it was backwards from a circuitry point of view, showing a closed circle for off (when the circuit is open) and a straight line for on (when the circuit is closed).

Huh! Learn something every day. I didn't know the history of the symbol; I assumed it was 0 for off, and 1 for on.

ElaHuguet · 10-19-2006, 03:28 PM

I like the new icon, it's a lot less likely to leave ghosting than the previous one (softer colours), and less aggressive-looking too.

Mambo · 10-19-2006, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kusmi

Yep, I also saw the new shutdown message icon... But to be honest, the older was much nicer :-) The new one looks so ugly-microsoft-installer-icons to me...

Usually the goal is to find your own style with an device, to separate it from the other devices (e.g. if you look at Sonys, all icons, design look like they fit together)

Tastes are different.
What is fact, that when you turn off the machine, under the old icon you had a big "I" remaining on the screen in the form of a ghosting.
The new icon forming the image of a book is rather gray and have only a thin black outline around it, therefore it does not leave a ghost image.
So all in all I am more happy with the new message icon, and I hope they keep it or something similarly gray and not black for the turning-off.

yvanleterrible · 10-19-2006, 03:37 PM

It looks kind of... sexy...in the act...kind of...well!

10-19-2006, 10:50 AM	#65
yokos Pac-Man caught my iLiad. Posts: 807 Karma: 3595 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany; next to Baltic Sea Device: Boox Max Lumi, iRex iLiad (RIP)	low battery & shutdown messages got it's own background image [new files in usr\share\contentlister]. Attached Thumbnails

10-19-2006, 12:03 PM	#68
yokos Pac-Man caught my iLiad. Posts: 807 Karma: 3595 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany; next to Baltic Sea Device: Boox Max Lumi, iRex iLiad (RIP)	kusmi, was the attached png file in 2.6 the shutdown icon? I already forgot it. Yes the boot screen shows the complete spectrum of iLiad's colours. I would like to change iLiad's default fonts. Attached Thumbnails

10-19-2006, 12:33 PM	#69
kusmi Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 16 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Zurich, Switzerland	I don't know anymore, but I think so! Of course this is not an "optimal" shutdown icon either :-) But if you look at most TVs etc, they have something like this: Attached Thumbnails

10-19-2006, 12:55 PM	#70
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	That's the new "universal" power symbol. I really didn't like the old one (universal power symbol, I mean -- see attached image) because it was backwards from a circuitry point of view, showing a closed circle for off (when the circuit is open) and a straight line for on (when the circuit is closed). The new symbol clearly conveys that it's a circuit and it's interruptable by that control. Not necessarily clear like that to everyone, but it's no less clear to the general populous than the other was, and it isn't backwards to those who are circuit saavy. Of course that has nothing to do with anything. Attached Images Last edited by NatCh; 10-19-2006 at 01:11 PM. Reason: too many commas!

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10-19-2006, 11:06 AM	#66
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	Downloaded it, pestering the sysadmin for a wired connection. Pretty thing, I am impresed. It taks courage to modify xpdf interface so heavily. In is amusing that on one side, the iLiad minimo have no buttons, and on other side the buttons of the taskbar are very minimo-shaped. Do they think to restore minimo buttons into the taskbar? It seems appropiate, from the point of view of Xwindows.

10-19-2006, 11:49 AM	#67
kusmi Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 16 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Zurich, Switzerland	Yep, I also saw the new shutdown message icon... But to be honest, the older was much nicer :-) The new one looks so ugly-microsoft-installer-icons to me... Also if you look at the different design styles the ilIad has: - Full-screen 3d renderings (Startup, software upgrade) -> look nice - Old status icons (with surrounding border, e.g. triangle, or rectangle) -> look nice - Now they introduced a third scheme (this shutdown icon...) -> looks not so nice Usually the goal is to find your own style with an device, to separate it from the other devices (e.g. if you look at Sonys, all icons, design look like they fit together) Sorry, but as a ex-design-head I care about such stuff :-) Perhaps iRex need some graphics designer or at least someone with some love for details for such things... I mean it would be so easy, all icons are plain png's (from the captured 2.7 update package I have seen...), it would not be hard to change them...

10-19-2006, 01:20 PM	#71
kusmi Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 16 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Zurich, Switzerland	Cool, I was wondering where this sign originally came from :-) And I agree, of corse there might be some cultural differences, so every sign might not be recognized by all cultures... But this "closing book" sign is just ugly :-) sorry...

10-19-2006, 03:28 PM	#73
ElaHuguet iLiad freak Posts: 339 Karma: 243 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mallorca, Spain Device: iRex iLiad	I like the new icon, it's a lot less likely to leave ghosting than the previous one (softer colours), and less aggressive-looking too.

10-19-2006, 03:37 PM	#75
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	It looks kind of... sexy...in the act...kind of...well!