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New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« on: June 02, 2009, 01:46:04 PM »
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).



The new version can be downloaded from the Icaros website. Users of this AROS distribution are also encouraged to test the new look, and give some feedback.
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Re: New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2009, 05:06:07 PM »
Any chance of a DockBar option in the future?
 

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Re: New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2009, 07:28:24 PM »
I have to wait for someone bringing AROS such an application...
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Re: New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 07:47:00 PM »
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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Re: New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2009, 09:47:01 PM »
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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Re: New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2009, 03:51:54 PM »
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).

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Re: New look for Icaros' AmiStart
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2009, 07:21:44 PM »
Quote from: saimon69;508984
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).

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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