Future AmigaOS GUI

[olegil]

Not really hinting, and no NDA here... Just applied a bit of sensible logic to Hyperions answer to some stuff written about the "default" look shown last weekend on OS4 on tour.

I seem to recall a mention to the effect that "OS4 works, but some last minute things need to be fixed, like more themes and a better default look"

But IANAL (I Am Not A Lexicon :-P), so I might recall wrong :-)

[cycloid]

random thought:  the "clicked" mouse animation should stay active for the entire duration of the "double-click window" . maybe it wont move the pixel up but would change color. that would really help as double clicking is something that new cpu users find hard to "get" and a visual clue would be good to also prevent you accidentally double clicking like when you go to rename a file in windows.

how good is that!

[Giovanni]

I'm currently working on a vector graphics drawing library for Amiga-Anywhere, but it will be nowhere near as complete as SVG and the vector graphics will most probably be in a binary format (XML is a bit big, for PDA's I prefer small filesizes for the image data

Is it written in VP? Or C/C++?

Greetz, Gio

[KingTutt]

I just saw the new screenshots after reading OSNEW.COM I noticed an interesting comment that read as follows...

Taken from Osnews

Jeezus! I'm a graphic designer but not a decorating idiot. I'm not asking for the old Amiga zelots to come out and defend some color schemes which I find extremely user-unfriendly and that I could not work with.

I care very much about the underlying technology of my OS but at the same time, I HAVE TO USE IT for long periods of time and the GUI is just as important as the underlying engineering.

That said, you guys forced me to fire up PhotoShop:

OS4 Lighter Metallic mockup version

See? Still all gray but not all the puke...

by Vic Berkshire

Well I have to admit his screen mockup does fair a little more pleasing to the eye compared to the original, no?

Original screenie of OS4

Amazing what a few highlights do for a desktop eh? Ideas?

[alx]

I agree completely.  In fact,  I did a similar thing; does anyone prefer this to this?

[Ohno]

Is it written in VP? Or C/C++?

It will be in VP once the prototyping is done.

Regards,

Onno

[Rogue]

Well I have to admit his screen mockup does fair a little more pleasing to the eye compared to the original, no

No :-)

For one thing I like Cojo's wallpaper (which I found here at amiga.org)  and I rather prefer it a bit darker.

Of course it's a matter of taste, and it is impossible to hit everyone's preference, therefore it will probably be best to have a selection.

[The_Wolf]

SimoAmi wrote:
This is the concept I came up with almost a year ago, but no one has ever paid attention!





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Window and Dialog Resizing illustrated:



Mouse Behaviour:



Also:

Main Menu dynamically illustrated - Updated June 8/1:49pm
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Bandwidth probs, damn, anybody have a copy?

[Rebel-3000]

Does anyone have a mirror site for SimoAmi's screenshot mockups ?