Re: [Finale] Transparent boxes
On 8 Jul 2005 at 6:19, Owain Sutton wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: Seems to me the problem is not docking your toolbars, not the lack of transparency. Why not dock the palettes at the edge of the screen, as in my Finale in this screenshot? http://dfenton.com/Toolbars.gif I only set up that layout to show the transparency option at work - normally I have all my toolbars floating on a second monitor I understood you to say that transparency somehow ameliorated problems associated with wandering toolbars. I'm just pointing out that there is no problem involved, as toolbars don't have to wander. -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Transparent boxes
David W. Fenton wrote: On 8 Jul 2005 at 6:19, Owain Sutton wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: Seems to me the problem is not docking your toolbars, not the lack of transparency. Why not dock the palettes at the edge of the screen, as in my Finale in this screenshot? http://dfenton.com/Toolbars.gif I only set up that layout to show the transparency option at work - normally I have all my toolbars floating on a second monitor I understood you to say that transparency somehow ameliorated problems associated with wandering toolbars. I'm just pointing out that there is no problem involved, as toolbars don't have to wander. OK, I put that screenshot together ad hoc, to save giving you a 300kb one - here's my usual working layout: http://www.owainsutton.co.uk/images/trans1.jpg This means my main (better-quality) monitor is dominated by the main Finale working area, while the toolbars are on the second monitor. With this arrangement, having the toolbars translucent (once you know your way around them!) makes it easy to have other applications running maximised on that monitor - here it's Thunderbird, but often it'll be IRC, or Acrobat, or Pagemaker, or whatever. If those toolbars were opaque, it'd make it more difficult to see the display of those applications without switching focus. Obviously, not everyone wants or needs this function - but I find it very useful! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Transparent boxes
I thought Windows wasn't getting the useless transparent dialogs until Avalon, with the release of Longhorn. No, on XP. I mentioned it earlier, but it's so useful I'll do so again: Power Menuy, http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/, puts transparency options into the context menus of (almost) any window. Example: http://www.owainsutton.co.uk/images/translucent.jpg Well, I downloaded it, tried it, and looked at your example. I don't get it, though. If there is stuff under the semitransparent box you can't read either. It there is nothing under it, then it does not need to be semitransparent. In your erxample one box covers only a bit of the title - which you know anyway. The other one is hardly readable and it is over a blank spot on a staff. The 'always on top' feature could save a lot of time in resizing and positioning windows though. Richard Yates ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Transparent boxes
Richard Yates wrote: Well, I downloaded it, tried it, and looked at your example. I don't get it, though. If there is stuff under the semitransparent box you can't read either. It there is nothing under it, then it does not need to be semitransparent. In your erxample one box covers only a bit of the title - which you know anyway. The other one is hardly readable and it is over a blank spot on a staff. Sure, it's not perfect - and a static screenshot isn't the best demonstration. I find it very useful for general visualisation when moving acrpss parts in page view at 200%-plus zoom, compared to having opaque toolbars all over the place. The 'always on top' feature could save a lot of time in resizing and positioning windows though. It certainly does! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Transparent boxes
On 8 Jul 2005 at 1:21, Owain Sutton wrote: Richard Yates wrote: Well, I downloaded it, tried it, and looked at your example. I don't get it, though. If there is stuff under the semitransparent box you can't read either. It there is nothing under it, then it does not need to be semitransparent. In your erxample one box covers only a bit of the title - which you know anyway. The other one is hardly readable and it is over a blank spot on a staff. Sure, it's not perfect - and a static screenshot isn't the best demonstration. I find it very useful for general visualisation when moving acrpss parts in page view at 200%-plus zoom, compared to having opaque toolbars all over the place. Seems to me the problem is not docking your toolbars, not the lack of transparency. Why not dock the palettes at the edge of the screen, as in my Finale in this screenshot? http://dfenton.com/Toolbars.gif -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Transparent boxes
David W. Fenton wrote: Seems to me the problem is not docking your toolbars, not the lack of transparency. Why not dock the palettes at the edge of the screen, as in my Finale in this screenshot? http://dfenton.com/Toolbars.gif I only set up that layout to show the transparency option at work - normally I have all my toolbars floating on a second monitor ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
