03-14-2010, 04:09 PM | #81 |
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You just have to look at what happens to this if you spell colour correctly.... [colour=yellow]You just have to look at what happens to this if you spell colour correctly[/colour].... |
03-14-2010, 04:51 PM | #82 |
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What really grated my cheese was having my spelling in high school criticized by my English teacher because I didn't use American spelling. I knew what country I was in, apparantly she didn't.
Actually I'm fine with Jim using American spelling since he's an American writing software in America. I just like being a troublemaker.
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03-14-2010, 05:16 PM | #83 |
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Nicki - I agree (and me too!) When I was in Frankfurt for a school exchange, the German English teacher (she was German, the subject was English) refused to accept that 'smart' means anything other than 'intelligent'. Any attempts on my part to explain that in England 'smart' means 'well dressed' rather than 'bright' met with scathing contempt.
Of course, since then we've become homogonised through US TV shows to such a degree that these days I wonder if the kids realise that 'smart' can be used in other ways than to denote IQ or cunning. And to get back to the subject at hand - nice job on the Colour interface, Jim! (Cliff, I think the others were teasing you over the excessive use of capitals rather than missing letters - check the title bar of the original screen shot!)
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I'm not blind. - - I was teasing about spelling! .... Capitals? - some don't even know that those exist!
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03-14-2010, 07:48 PM | #85 |
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I like Rick's suggestions.
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03-14-2010, 08:51 PM | #86 |
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Originally posted by cjmaddy:
Ralph and Nicki,
By now, I've become reluctantly conditioned to accepting that there are two ways that we are forced to spell 'colour'.....(a) The correct way! - and (b) The way that's necessary, if we wish a computer program to work!....... And yes, that also, should be, "programme"!... |
03-15-2010, 06:26 AM | #87 |
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Originally posted by cjmaddy:
I'm not blind. - - I was teasing about spelling! .... Capitals? - some don't even know that those exist!
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03-15-2010, 06:42 AM | #88 |
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03-15-2010, 07:05 AM | #89 |
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Originally posted by Wizwad:
Nicki - I agree (and me too!) When I was in Frankfurt for a school exchange, the German English teacher (she was German, the subject was English) refused to accept that 'smart' means anything other than 'intelligent'. Any attempts on my part to explain that in England 'smart' means 'well dressed' rather than 'bright' met with scathing contempt.
Of course, since then we've become homogonised through US TV shows to such a degree that these days I wonder if the kids realise that 'smart' can be used in other ways than to denote IQ or cunning. And to get back to the subject at hand - nice job on the Colour interface, Jim! (Cliff, I think the others were teasing you over the excessive use of capitals rather than missing letters - check the title bar of the original screen shot!) |
03-15-2010, 12:54 PM | #90 |
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Back on the subject of the coleur picker (um, that isn't any better) can I say making colours by choosing RGB values is hard and perhaps there needs to be some choice of starting point? Anyone want to say what RGB of 35,107,142 makes? (Steel Blue, anyone want to try Khaki without using Google?)
Also, how about some internationalisation? (That's internationalization for those in the U.S.) John |
03-15-2010, 01:13 PM | #91 |
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Originally posted by jleslie:
can I say making colours by choosing RGB values is hard
Originally posted by jleslie:
perhaps there needs to be some choice of starting point?
Originally posted by jleslie:
Anyone want to say what RGB of 35,107,142 makes? (Steel Blue, anyone want to try Khaki without using Google?)
Originally posted by jleslie:
Also, how about some internationalisation? (That's internationalization for those in the U.S.)
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03-15-2010, 02:35 PM | #92 |
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The rgb sliders are the easiest way I can think of to choose a color. You are directly setting the very numbers that DirectX will be using. As Morgan says, you'll see the color in the rectangle change as you move the sliders. I've always found all those other interfaces for picking colors to be confusing. They obfiscate what is really happening.
As far as internationalization, it's the very reason why MA3 updates must be so few and far between. When I turn in a release candidate, an army of translatiors and programmers go to work making versions in German, French, Korean, Japanese, etc.
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03-15-2010, 02:43 PM | #93 |
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
The rgb sliders are the easiest way I can think of to choose a color. You are directly setting the very numbers that DirectX will be using. As Morgan says, you'll see the color in the rectangle change as you move the sliders ...
I especially like that we'll be able to give the aquarium background realistic, natural colors like shades of red, orange, and yellow. |
03-15-2010, 03:45 PM | #94 |
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
As far as internationalization, it's the very reason why MA3 updates must be so few and far between. When I turn in a release candidate, an army of translatiors and programmers go to work making versions in German, French, Korean, Japanese, etc.
Translation would not normally be required for things like bug fixes, and "look and feel" improvements. So, in those cases, I don't see why "few and far between" would apply. |
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Originally posted by Dale:
I view this as a MA3 support issue. Folks in this forum tracked it down to the extent that we could (actually farther than might be expected). So, unless I have a personal need to solve it, it's up to Jim/Prolific.
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Originally posted by Dale:
Translation would not normally be required for things like bug fixes, and "look and feel" improvements. So, in those cases, I don't see why "few and far between" would apply.
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03-16-2010, 02:01 AM | #97 |
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MP3s are hundreds of times bigger than MIDI files. I've always tried to keep the Marine Aquarium compact and efficient. It's a small download which treads lightly on bandwidth, and I plan to keep it that way.
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If you would like to provide an optional downloadable content as an mp3 or mp3s here on the forums, please let me know. We have 1,500GB of available monthly bandwidth and we use less than 10%.
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
MP3s are hundreds of times bigger than MIDI files. I've always tried to keep the Marine Aquarium compact and efficient. It's a small download which treads lightly on bandwidth, and I plan to keep it that way.
Of course, it would be better if the underlying problem was addressed, but it doesn't sound like that's likely to happen. |
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On the contrary, I think it's very likely to happen. Some day, someone will be messing around with their drivers or tweaking their Windows settings, and the MIDI files will just start playing. The hard part is getting them to come back here to the Forum and report what they did.
MP3 is an extremely complex proprietary system, and I'm positive that switching to it would break far more systems than it would fix.
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