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Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:21 pm
by siaccarino
Hi,
as much as I welcome the further development of iCalamus, I have to criticize the implementation of the dark mode.
There are black fonts on dark backgrounds on some UI elements, the contrast of many icons is too low (especially in the tool palette).
Are there plans for further UI updates or can I disable dark mode somehow? (I love dark mode).
However - I am a happy customer now - I was a Calamus SL user of the first hour (had a professional DTP studio many years ago).
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:10 am
by forum_adm
Hi,
please e-mail screenshots of the issues to
support@lemkesoft.de
Thorsten
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:22 pm
by siaccarino
Is it possible to download the previous version? The Dark Mode is still in a bad shape
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Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2019 4:36 pm
by siaccarino
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Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:18 am
by forum_adm
Thanks for your notes.
It is a lot of work to adjust all the custom controls.
You can download the older one at
https://www.lemkesoft.info/files/icalam ... _19006.zip
Thorsten
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:02 pm
by forum_adm
Please download the latest BETA:
http://www.lemkesoft.org/beta.html
It improves the display much.
Many properties in your screenshot are light grey because they are disabled.
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Thorsten
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:04 pm
by Thomas_U
Der DL-Link ist tot:
Not Found
The requested URL /beta/iCalamus_build19010.dmg was not found on this server.
Apache Server at
www.lemkesoft.org Port 80
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 7:48 am
by forum_adm
Fixed it.
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:02 pm
by siaccarino
Great - now it looks pretty much better - although still some elements are to dark:
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I think you should better replace all black-only icons with white or lite gray ones...
The master page widget is still white colored:
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Last but not least I still have change requests:
- I think the desktop background shall be dark either - only the paper shall remain white...
- I miss a function to share colors, rulers and styles between documents - I have a set of documents with a similar style but transfering colors, rulers and styles is uncomfortable. A simple import / export function or copy & paste would help. Workarround is to copy artefacts. A kind of master document would be cool.
- Pantone support would be cool
However - iCalamus is extremely powerful - close to its grandfather Calamus SL (God bless him) - but the learning curve is also extremely steep.
Re: Dark Mode in Beta
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 7:36 am
by forum_adm
Thanks - I will check the other GUI parts.