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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga Software News => Topic started by: paolone on June 02, 2009, 01:46:04 PM
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There is a important update for Icaros Desktop users: new configuration files introduce heavy changes to AmiStart look & feel, which cover many aspects of the Icaros' toolbar, including, but not limited to:
- bar is half high than before
- bar doesn't follow screens when you open new ones
- bar now covers 95% of workbench width (formerly was 90%)
- labels are placed right to images
- Directory Opus now works in his custom screen, even with AmiStart working
- menus are graphically identical each others
- bar closes menu when clicking outside of it (à la Windows)
- ugly task icon has been replaced. The same will be for screens in the final revision
- new basic color (whyte with 45% transparency) allow better contrast with labels
- analog clock and memmeters are gone, replaced by a simple digital clock
- calendar has gone away, but can be easily restored (read what follows).
(http://www.icarosdesktop.com/img/112/amistartwip500.png) (http://www.icarosdesktop.com/img/112/amistartwip.png)
The new version can be downloaded from the Icaros website (http://vmwaros.blogspot.com/2009/06/pokeing-around-amistart-configuration.html). Users of this AROS distribution are also encouraged to test the new look, and give some feedback.
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Any chance of a DockBar option in the future?
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I have to wait for someone bringing AROS such an application...
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That looks really good. More toned back. Nice touch.
I also hope that someone, that share my liking for the good old toolsdeamon, makes a customizable menu in the upper bar. Some day perhaps.
Meanwhile, Thank you icaros team.
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I notice the entry for "Futilities" ... is this a cross between utilities and Mortal Kombal Fatalities? Or is it just a collection of apps that make like feel futile?
Btw, the new one looks nice, nice styling with the flat matte pastels - a refreshing change from the modern shiny blacks other systems are gravitating towards.
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Actually i think is an attempt to translate the all-italian word "inutilities" , used for all those programs without a real practical purpose (inutile in italian = useless vs. utile = useful).
Saimon69
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Actually i think is an attempt to translate the all-italian word "inutilities" , used for all those programs without a real practical purpose (inutile in italian = useless vs. utile = useful).
Saimon69
Heh, I'm going to have to remember both of those. But 'inutile' happens to be English, too:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inutile