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SamusAranFreak In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-11 18:22:21 +0000 UTC]

The sliders are not changed as long as DWMColorMod has the focus.
Don't worry about some other program disrupting your normal usage of this tool

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greedyjack In reply to SamusAranFreak [2011-10-12 17:29:57 +0000 UTC]

No, wait.. I meant to say "Can you make the sliders/checkbox values CHANGE in REAL TIME..?"

For example, I have DWMColorMod and the Windows Personalization Window Color adjustment screen open side by side. Focus is on the Windows Personalization windows, while DWMColorMod is out of focus. Now, adjusting the slider values in Windows Personalization changes Aero appearance, but the sliders in DWMColorMod don't update until focus is regained. My question to you is if it possible for you to catch Aero changes in real time, and update the slider values even if the tool is out of focus.

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SamusAranFreak In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-12 21:26:25 +0000 UTC]

That's weird (again), because the sliders should already move in real time.
Either it's a mysterious problem with your system again or the flying spaghetti monster slipped a noodle or two into my tool.
I'm afraid I can't test that right now because I don't want Portal 2, which is rendering a movie atm, to crash

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SamusAranFreak In reply to NuclearBlasshole [2011-10-11 16:21:54 +0000 UTC]

Actually, that is possible.
Set the R, G and B sliders to 255, Saturation to 0, Brightness to 255, and Reflection intensity and Color intensity to 0.
Then enable the Transparency checkbox and everything should be as transparent as possible.

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SamusAranFreak In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-04 18:38:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

Regarding the issue: Fixing that is not a problem at all.
I'll edit this deviation when I fixed it, and I suppose the change should show up in your messages then

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greedyjack In reply to SamusAranFreak [2011-10-04 19:05:31 +0000 UTC]

Of course man! Thanks, it's a very nifty tool!

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greedyjack In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-04 07:19:15 +0000 UTC]

Hey! One more thing.. Being a student of Usability Engineering, I realize that having a "slider" for transparency control is not a great idea.. IMO. Moreover, your Transparency slider is inverted - (0=Yes, 1=No) - this tends to be confusing since by general convention, you pull a slider to the left or to the bottom (in case of a vertical slider, like the Win7 volume control) if you wish to "switch off" a feature, but in your case, moving the transparency slider to the left "switches ON" the transparency!

It maybe cool to have all functions as sliders, but IMO, you should use a simple checkbox for transparency. Like the one in the Win7 "Personalize" section.

Let me know what you think..

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SamusAranFreak In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-04 18:53:55 +0000 UTC]

I deliberately used a slider there because a checkbox wouldn't blend in with the rest of the tool
Also because it kinda reminded me of the iOS checkbox "sliders"
I may change it in the future if I find a way to integrate the checkbox

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greedyjack In reply to SamusAranFreak [2011-10-04 19:04:56 +0000 UTC]

Sure. The 0-1 slider works the same as a checkbox, and even blends in with the rest of the tool.. But why the inversion? I mean, slider to the left would mean "Transparency OFF" or "No Transparancy", but in your case, it's the opposite.. O_O Any reason why?

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SamusAranFreak In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-05 17:04:47 +0000 UTC]

I translated it from German, the language this tool was written in originally.
I should have put "Opaque" into the label there, you're right

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greedyjack In reply to SamusAranFreak [2011-10-05 18:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Aaahhh! I see.. You mean "Opacity"!

But I still think you'd benefit from correcting the slider inversion rather than renaming the label from "Transparency" to "Opacity", since so many Windows users are familiar with the former. Just a suggestion..

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SamusAranFreak In reply to greedyjack [2011-10-07 14:43:52 +0000 UTC]

I replaced the slider with a checkbox. I think that's better.

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greedyjack In reply to SamusAranFreak [2011-10-10 15:04:55 +0000 UTC]

Nice job man! The "Revert Changes" now resets all the slider positions too! I likey it!!

(And thanks for taking the trouble to make the changes! )

(P.S: Sent you a note, check!)

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SamusAranFreak In reply to Vishal-Gupta [2011-10-03 12:19:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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