Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

> Your response is appreciated! The main motivation for writing this > application, is that existing linetesting software is typically buggy or > awkward to use, so user friendliness is a huge point for me. Although I > really would love to write something that matches Apples Quicktime player,

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On May 1, 2010, at 15:57, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > Although I really would love to write something that matches Apples Quicktime > player, everything in Cocoa and everyone with a strong opinion on user > interface design seems to scream "DON'T even think about it, unless you are > absolutel

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On 2010-05-01, at 6:04 PM, Flavio Donadio wrote: > So, I ask you to think about your app and consider if even the HUD panels are > needed. From the Apple Human Interface Guidelines: > >> In general, therefore, you should use transparent panels only when at least >> one of the following stateme

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

Izak, On 30/04/2010, at 17:48, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > My problem is the difference in style between HUDS and 'normal' windows: I > don't want my document windows to be transparent, I just want them to be > black to match the style of a HUD. White and bright document windows really > don

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On Apr 30, 2010, at 5:50 PM, cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote: > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:56 -0400 > From: Izak van Langevelde > Subject: Re: Matching the style of a HUD? > To: Murat Konar > Cc: list-cocoa-dev List > Message-ID: <09e1717e-7378-4704-99c3-6

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On 2010-04-30, at 4:57 PM, Sean McBride wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:56 -0400, Izak van Langevelde said: > >>> - if so, roll your own >> >> That brings me back to my question: how do I create matching black windows? > > By writing code to draw a custom window. You might start here: > <

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:52:56 -0400, Izak van Langevelde said: >> - if so, roll your own > >That brings me back to my question: how do I create matching black windows? By writing code to draw a custom window. You might start here:

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On 2010-04-30, at 3:22 PM, Murat Konar wrote: > On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > >> Maybe I'm overlooking something trivial, but an NSPanel with HUD style is >> still an NSPanel, and not a window: I cannot seem to get the minimize and >> maximize buttons in the title

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On 2010-04-30, at 3:21 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > >> Maybe I'm overlooking something trivial, but an NSPanel with HUD style is >> still an NSPanel, and not a window: I cannot seem to get the minimize and >> maximize buttons in the titl

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Izak van Langevelde wrote: Maybe I'm overlooking something trivial, but an NSPanel with HUD style is still an NSPanel, and not a window: I cannot seem to get the minimize and maximize buttons in the title bar? Are you really making a HUD or do you just want you

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On Apr 30, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > Maybe I'm overlooking something trivial, but an NSPanel with HUD style is > still an NSPanel, and not a window: I cannot seem to get the minimize and > maximize buttons in the title bar? I think the HI Guidelines only call for HUDs as

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On 2010-04-30, at 2:12 PM, Seth Willits wrote: > On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > >> I like the look and feel of a HUD, but I am a little disappointed there are >> no other GUI elements that match the HUD style. >> I played with the BWToolkit, which provides transpare

Re: Matching the style of a HUD?

On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Izak van Langevelde wrote: > I like the look and feel of a HUD, but I am a little disappointed there are > no other GUI elements that match the HUD style. > I played with the BWToolkit, which provides transparent controls that go with > a HUB, but don't see how to

Matching the style of a HUD?

I like the look and feel of a HUD, but I am a little disappointed there are no other GUI elements that match the HUD style. I played with the BWToolkit, which provides transparent controls that go with a HUB, but don't see how to create matching black windows. Any clues? Thanks, Izak --- Grinni