damn she's one good looking mademoiselle :D
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damn she's one good looking mademoiselle :D
I just wanted to see a picture of my wife whenever I opened Designer:Attachment 97540
That's a nice shot and composition, Inspector.
Most times I can get a similar effect by looking up from my laptop!
This might be better served in a new thread about what we are pleading to see in version 10, but for now:
one of the things a splash screen is supposed to do is "entertain" us while a program loads. Now, some applications don't even have a splash screen, such as Luxology modo, and I think it might be because the darned thing loads too fast to bother with a screen!
Thinking again about making a "proud" splash screen for Xara, and one that is extensible and can be modified to show the current program and the family line, I came up with this. I think that ALL CAPS is a punk way to tell use what the program is, and moreover, why not use a Roman font for the title? San Serif is SO "been there, typed that". And a nod to minimiro's illustration of the technical pens in the Xtreme 5 splashscreen!
The other thing I'd like to address is to have Xara's options available before you enter the program. CorelDRAW and Photoshop have had "back doors" for years for resetting stuff before the program actually appears onscreen. And there is such a wide range of Xara designer needs for specific options, including registry items (such as keeping the darned Pen tool on the Toolbar from session to session!). So you Ctrl+click or whatever, and you can load a saved layout, or whatever.
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My Best,
Gary
That is a mighty good looking splash screen Gare. I for one would like to see a splash screen like that.
I'll post a generic (non version specific) one as a BMP tomorrow, Larry. I think I still owe you a custom Victorian frame, don't I?
Where is this summer going????
-g
Gary: I have no idea what I would do if this came out as a splashscreen on Version 10?!
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From when I found out that you can make your own, then I think I've done that in version 7, 8 and 9.
But, if yours came out as the splashscreen for Version 10, then I think I would feel extremely challenged.