Anyone want to share Windows 7 wxPython screenshots?

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent that they want to share the screenshot of? I'm going
to have get rid of my attempts to theme my own app and go with windows
standard, but I'll need to redesign my app on windows 7 because it
looks absolutely horrible.

Mark

My app looks horrible on Windows 7…it looks absolutely horrible.

I’d like to see a screenshot of it, if you don’t mind. Could you attach one to the list?

I was hoping to see some people post some good looking apps on windows
7 :slight_smile: I'll post some shots later. I'm flipping through the wxPython
demo and everything looks like garbage to me. Even a lot of websites
look terrible against these transparent background and borders. Yet
I've been googling for an hour and can't find a site where people
discuss modifying your color schemes for Windows 7. I'm working on my
website right now to get a better color scheme before I get back to
playing around with the look of the app.

I mean the scrollbar and buttons change from gray to blue. Am I just
being anal or does that not mess with your colors if you don't have a
simple white background.

Looks like microsoft modify most of their apps to look more like web
pages with white backgrounds and shaded sidebars.. Maybe a stronger
border between the Aero theme and your app helps.

Mark

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On Sep 12, 9:43 pm, C M <cmpyt...@gmail.com> wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7...it looks absolutely horrible.

I'd like to see a screenshot of it, if you don't mind. Could you attach one
to the list?

Dear Mark,

I dont have much apps to send screen shots, just 2 pics.

p.s. I deliberately blurred one image because of security.

Bye

Ozan HACIBEKIROGLU

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On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Mark markreed99@gmail.com wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks

halfway decent that they want to share the screenshot of? I’m going

to have get rid of my attempts to theme my own app and go with windows

standard, but I’ll need to redesign my app on windows 7 because it

looks absolutely horrible.

Mark

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I am not sure if it is decent but it looks like a Windows app. My wife always tells me that it doesn't look sexy enough, i.e. to business like. Played with backgrounds at some point but did not get anywhere with it.

Werner

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On 09/13/2011 03:23 AM, Mark wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent

BTW, the app use wx.lib.agw.aui, so the panes can be moved/configured by the user and multiple layouts/perspectives can be saved.

Maybe a gallery type page for wxPython apps would be an idea? Could this be done within the wiki, i.e. show thumbnails and when clicking enlarge it.

Werner

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On 09/13/2011 09:05 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 03:23 AM, Mark wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent

I am not sure if it is decent but it looks like a Windows app. My wife always tells me that it doesn't look sexy enough, i.e. to business like. Played with backgrounds at some point but did not get anywhere with it.

You can download a demo from http://www.vintech.bg and check.

HTH
Niki

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On 13.09.2011 04:23, Mark wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent that they want to share the screenshot of? I'm going
to have get rid of my attempts to theme my own app and go with windows
standard, but I'll need to redesign my app on windows 7 because it
looks absolutely horrible.

Hi Werner!

I found it not so bad. Just the icons are a bit "ugly". I switched
completly to crytsal icons (Wikimedia Commons
Crystal_Clear) and I use only Andreas AUI stuff (thanks to Andrea!). I
think (as a woman :slight_smile: in this combination my programs look quite
pretty...

Here are two examples, hope that helps!
http://snowflake-sl.info/images/blaster.png
http://snowflake-sl.info/images/statitsic.png

Stefanie

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On 13 Sep., 09:32, werner <wbru...@free.fr> wrote:

On 09/13/2011 09:05 AM, werner wrote:> On 09/13/2011 03:23 AM, Mark wrote:
>> My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
>> halfway decent
> I am not sure if it is decent but it looks like a Windows app. My
> wife always tells me that it doesn't look sexy enough, i.e. to
> business like. Played with backgrounds at some point but did not get
> anywhere with it.

BTW, the app use wx.lib.agw.aui, so the panes can be moved/configured by
the user and multiple layouts/perspectives can be saved.

Maybe a gallery type page for wxPython apps would be an idea? Could
this be done within the wiki, i.e. show thumbnails and when clicking
enlarge it.

Werner

http://spinecho.ze.cx/

psi, wese, pxy.

Fonts: OpenType fonts, mainly Consolas, Segoe UI

jmf

Hi,

Hi Werner!

I found it not so bad. Just the icons are a bit "ugly".

Thanks, most of them are "home made" obvious that I am not a graphics designer.

  I switched
completly to crytsal icons (Wikimedia Commons
Crystal_Clear)

They look very good.

  and I use only Andreas AUI stuff (thanks to Andrea!).

Don't know what we would do without Andrea and Robin and ............

Werner

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On 09/13/2011 11:52 AM, Stefanie L�ck wrote:

Hi!

I know how difficult it is to make own icons, my last one was a
disaster. That's why I try to find something free in the net (new
search engine http://findicons.com/) but sometimes there is nothing
available. Maybe it's worse to pay for a Software (as I remember,
Axialis IconWorkshop was not so bad and "only" 35 Euro)? I made the
experience that people first see the colorful icons, if they are cool
looking, they like also the rest. The problem is, if the program do
not look cool, new and nice, the user (including myself) think it's
not so good, badly maintained, old...We are too much spoiled from
Macintosh :slight_smile:

Don't know what we would do without Andrea and Robin and

Me too! They really do a great job!

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On 13 Sep., 14:53, werner <wbru...@free.fr> wrote:

Hi,

On 09/13/2011 11:52 AM, Stefanie L ck wrote:> Hi Werner!

> I found it not so bad. Just the icons are a bit "ugly".

Thanks, most of them are "home made" obvious that I am not a graphics
designer.> I switched
> completly to crytsal icons (Wikimedia Commons
> Crystal_Clear)

They look very good.> and I use only Andreas AUI stuff (thanks to Andrea!).

Don't know what we would do without Andrea and Robin and ............

Werner

You can see Whyteboard here:

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8741/win7w.png

Looks odd, not like a 'true' Windows app (toolbar icons are
weird...hmm, toolbar itself seems the wrong colour, it should be blue
too)

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On 13 September 2011 14:25, Stefanie Lück <lueck@ipk-gatersleben.de> wrote:

Hi!

I know how difficult it is to make own icons, my last one was a
disaster. That's why I try to find something free in the net (new
search engine http://findicons.com/) but sometimes there is nothing
available. Maybe it's worse to pay for a Software (as I remember,
Axialis IconWorkshop was not so bad and "only" 35 Euro)? I made the
experience that people first see the colorful icons, if they are cool
looking, they like also the rest. The problem is, if the program do
not look cool, new and nice, the user (including myself) think it's
not so good, badly maintained, old...We are too much spoiled from
Macintosh :slight_smile:

Don't know what we would do without Andrea and Robin and

Me too! They really do a great job!

On 13 Sep., 14:53, werner <wbru...@free.fr> wrote:

Hi,

On 09/13/2011 11:52 AM, Stefanie L ck wrote:> Hi Werner!

> I found it not so bad. Just the icons are a bit "ugly".

Thanks, most of them are "home made" obvious that I am not a graphics
designer.> I switched
> completly to crytsal icons (Wikimedia Commons
> Crystal_Clear)

They look very good.> and I use only Andreas AUI stuff (thanks to Andrea!).

Don't know what we would do without Andrea and Robin and ............

Werner

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A screen grab of my extended desktop screen grabber in action. (No, it can’t grab itself!)

Ray

ScreenShooter.png

Using images in the wiki is doable, I'm not sure if it has support for the thumbnails idea though.

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On 9/13/11 12:32 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 09:05 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 03:23 AM, Mark wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent

I am not sure if it is decent but it looks like a Windows app. My wife
always tells me that it doesn't look sexy enough, i.e. to business
like. Played with backgrounds at some point but did not get anywhere
with it.

BTW, the app use wx.lib.agw.aui, so the panes can be moved/configured by
the user and multiple layouts/perspectives can be saved.

Maybe a gallery type page for wxPython apps would be an idea? Could this
be done within the wiki, i.e. show thumbnails and when clicking enlarge it.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

You do know that you can turn off the Aero glass effects, right? It's possible to keep all the other features but just turn off the transparency if that is what you don't like.

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On 9/12/11 7:50 PM, Mark wrote:

I was hoping to see some people post some good looking apps on windows
7 :slight_smile: I'll post some shots later. I'm flipping through the wxPython
demo and everything looks like garbage to me. Even a lot of websites
look terrible against these transparent background and borders. Yet
I've been googling for an hour and can't find a site where people
discuss modifying your color schemes for Windows 7. I'm working on my
website right now to get a better color scheme before I get back to
playing around with the look of the app.

--
Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

A separate wiki page for each full image and one or more pages of
thumbnails - Unless some scripts are enabled on the server the user
would need to upload both the new page, (or fill in a template), upload
both the full image and the thumbnail and then edit the thumbnail page
to add the thumbnail and link it to the new page.

Just my 2p worth.

Gadget/Steve

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On 13/09/2011 7:12 PM, Robin Dunn wrote:

On 9/13/11 12:32 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 09:05 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 03:23 AM, Mark wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent

I am not sure if it is decent but it looks like a Windows app. My wife
always tells me that it doesn't look sexy enough, i.e. to business
like. Played with backgrounds at some point but did not get anywhere
with it.

BTW, the app use wx.lib.agw.aui, so the panes can be moved/configured by
the user and multiple layouts/perspectives can be saved.

Maybe a gallery type page for wxPython apps would be an idea? Could this
be done within the wiki, i.e. show thumbnails and when clicking
enlarge it.

Using images in the wiki is doable, I'm not sure if it has support for
the thumbnails idea though.

If the current Wiki supports the [Image()] function then it will automagically create the thumbnail and link it to the original image, if I understood it correctly. I’m willing to put the Wiki page together if you all could send me your screenshots and if the Wiki supports that feature.

Andrea.

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On Sep 13, 2011 8:12 PM, “Robin Dunn” robin@alldunn.com wrote:

On 9/13/11 12:32 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 09:05 AM, werner wrote:

On 09/13/2011 03:23 AM, Mark wrote:

My app looks horrible on Windows 7, does anyone have an app that looks
halfway decent
I am not sure if it is decent but it looks like a Windows app. My wife

always tells me that it doesn’t look sexy enough, i.e. to business
like. Played with backgrounds at some point but did not get anywhere
with it.
BTW, the app use wx.lib.agw.aui, so the panes can be moved/configured by

the user and multiple layouts/perspectives can be saved.

Maybe a gallery type page for wxPython apps would be an idea? Could this
be done within the wiki, i.e. show thumbnails and when clicking enlarge it.

Using images in the wiki is doable, I’m not sure if it has support for
the thumbnails idea though.


Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman
http://wxPython.org


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