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Re: 2 little buglets in SMLoader 0.96: msg#01141

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Subject: Re: 2 little buglets in SMLoader 0.96

Ok, all in the soon to be 0.97. I'll clean out the crlfs, too.

Doug Way <dway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> goran.hultgren@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > In version 0.96 of "SM Package Loader" there are two buglets:
> >
> > ...
>
> A few more buglets/problems:
>
> 1. The current window color is still too light. This might seem a bit picky,
> but with the default Squeak preferences (alternativeWindowLook on, etc.), the
> scrollbar is so faint that it's difficult to see against its background.
> Actually, on a laptop LCD screen (which tends to distinguish poorly between
> light colors), it's pretty much impossible to see the scrollbar against its
> background... a significant problem, IMHO.
>
> To fix this, I would go with a somewhat darker yellow color. You could
> change SMLoader>>paneColor to return "Color yellow muchLighter duller", which
> would give you a beige color. Or you could use "Color yellow lighter duller"
> for a golden yellow color.
>
> 2. A minor thing (since you're already making other tweaks :-) )... The new
> help link to the SqueakMap swiki page is cool, but I would separate the last
> sentence more and clarify it a bit more. Put a couple CRs in front of it,
> and change it to something like: "Would you like to view more detailed help
> on the SqueakMap swiki page?"
>
> 3. Hm, I just noticed that the source code in SMLoader seems to have extra
> characters (probably LFs) embedded at the beginning of each line of code.
> Might want to do a "remove line feeds" on your next release changeset.
>
> Other than that, things are looking pretty good...
>
> Attached is a changeset of fixlets for #1 and #2.
>
> - Doug Way
> dway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>




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