BAD APPLICATION BACJGROUND COLOR CHOICES!!! NO CUSTOMIZATION, DISREGARD OF WIN SYSTEMWIDE SETTINGS!

Not one person, great many people e.g. professional photographers & graphic
artists cannot tolerate white background. I had been using dark backrgound
since the beginning of time - since Windows3.1
Photos look great on black, the human iris contracts so sharply when such
white background is shining into it that it's impossible to appreaciate the
photo, it's blanketed.

 

Re: BAD APPLICATION BACJGROUND COLOR CHOICES!!! NO CUSTOMIZATION,DISREGARD OF WIN SYSTEMWIDE SETTINGS!!

Mark Levitski wrote:
> That only referred to WINDOWS.
> Before coming to America, we did CP/M - an 8-bit operating system killed
> by DOS. CP/M's ceator comitted suicide having witnessed Bill gates
> getting superrich and overtaking his 8-bit system with what was
> perceieved in those days "an impossibly complex 16-bit" OS.
> I programmed in Assembler. I tell you I've been around things since
> ttenage years, and at age 8 or 9 i even fixed a boat when my father
> decided to take a trip into Black Sea in russian south. Poeple still
> remember that, i was just 8 years old.
>
> I tell you WindowsVista i smeant for games and not business or technical
> people.
> I can chew your ears off with tehcnical facts and infobits.
>
> So i was around computers sicne at least 20 years ago, i am 37 now.


Perhaps there's a reason why you are the only person here requiring a
black screen with light characters? Perhaps it's because everybody else
prefers to choose their own colors? I started with assembler around 1978
on a machine with 40 columns and 25 lines. Yes I used CP/M (Control
Program for Microprocessors), I believe it was by Digital Research
wasn't it? And yes, 80 columns was much better. I did machine code on
the Z80, 6502 and 6510, then moved on to the 68000 series. I was never a
great programmer but I made things work, and by the way at 57 I beat you
at other "Engineering" skills by 20 years. I made jewelry for a time,
repaired the machines that were used, I worked in retail, then heavier
engineering making parts for aircraft, did my share of international
shipping, production control, authored a large database for use with UK
Government equipment and my current employment of 7 years includes
electrical work, electronics, and IT. And in my spare time I do any
plumbing that becomes necessary. I probably shouldn't bother mentioning
that I also do the building repairs, drywall and anything else. My work
has to meet State Regulations, inspection by the Department of
Inspections and Appeals, the State Fire Marshall / Department of Public
Safety and of course OSHA.

Having now bored everybody else to death, I agree with you that things
should be "Practical" in the first instance, however if people want
practicality and eye candy why not? When Vista was first unleashed, and
this is my opinion only, it had some fundamental problems I would have
preferred to see fixed during development instead of the emphasis being
on appearances, however much it seems has been fixed. That criticism
aside is no excuse for going back to the dark ages in terms of visual
displays.

So go ahead, shew my ears off with technical facts and infobits if you
like, I'll be sure to keep you in mind next time I find a hole in my boat.

 

"Mark Levitski" <SS@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:e4YCsJ$5JHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> That only referred to WINDOWS.
> Before coming to America, we did CP/M - an 8-bit operating system killed
> by DOS. CP/M's ceator comitted suicide having witnessed Bill gates
> getting superrich and overtaking his 8-bit system with what was perceieved
> in those days "an impossibly complex 16-bit" OS.
> I programmed in Assembler. I tell you I've been around things since
> ttenage years, and at age 8 or 9 i even fixed a boat when my father
> decided to take a trip into Black Sea in russian south. Poeple still
> remember that, i was just 8 years old.
>
> I tell you WindowsVista i smeant for games and not business or technical
> people.
> I can chew your ears off with tehcnical facts and infobits.
>
> So i was around computers sicne at least 20 years ago, i am 37 now.

You age quickly as you were only 28 years old the other day!

 

"Mark Levitski" <SS@nyc.rr.com> wrote in
news:e4YCsJ$5JHA.4632@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> That only referred to WINDOWS.

What has only to do with Windows ? You've quoted nothing of what I wrote,
therefore, I, nor anyone else, has any idea as to what that references.

> Before coming to America, we did CP/M -

DOH!!! CP/M.......we used to run that on a couple of Zorba 'portable'
computers back in the day. 'Portable' in this case means under 30 lbs.


> an 8-bit operating system
> killed by DOS. CP/M's ceator comitted suicide having witnessed Bill
> gates getting superrich and overtaking his 8-bit system with what was
> perceieved in those days "an impossibly complex 16-bit" OS.
> I programmed in Assembler. I tell you I've been around things since
> ttenage years, and at age 8 or 9 i even fixed a boat when my father
> decided to take a trip into Black Sea in russian south. Poeple still
> remember that, i was just 8 years old.
>
> I tell you WindowsVista i smeant for games and not business or
> technical people.
> I can chew your ears off with tehcnical facts and infobits.

I've got a billion technical facts and infobits myself, so what's your
point ? Does this mean you are the most intelligent person posting in
this group ?

Being an engineer really just means you have book smarts...believe me.
I've known engineers, that while yes, they were engineers, they lacked in
other area's. For instance, one, while single-handedly designing all
products for a small ham-radio company, he had absolutely no concept of
hygiene. This man designed and built, from scratch, a Z80 based
microcomputer for his ham radio club in the late 70's. Another, even
though his technical skills border on genius, he has zero people skills.

> So i was around computers sicne at least 20 years ago, I am 37 now.

I think I was 14 when I got my first C64, so it's nearing 30 years for
me.