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#45 Better UI design

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2015-11-20
2012-10-22
Anonymous
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Fre.ac currently looks understated and antiquated, not up to its capabilities from the esthetics. Please switch to a more modern look, maybe a standard Windows look that would allow window snapping and use of themes and the like.

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  • qw6135920

    qw6135920 - 2012-12-31

    Hello,

    agreeing with him, IMHO he definitely has a point.

    If possible, it would be very much appreciated if you could change the fre:ac Windows GUI to use the latest Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and change to a native Windows look to make it look and "feel" better.

    And please don't forget to use the new "Display" text formatting mode, like described over there for example (TextOptions.TextFormattingMode="Display"):

    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/text/archive/2009/08/24/wpf-4-0-text-stack-improvements.aspx

     

    Last edit: qw6135920 2012-12-31
  • Robert Kausch

    Robert Kausch - 2012-12-31

    Sorry, I won't do that.

    Porting fre:ac to another GUI framework would be a huge amount of work that I'd rather put into improving functionality.

    Also, switching to a Windows-only technology like WPF would sacrifice fre:ac's portability (Linux, OS X and other OS support).

    I plan on making some improvements to the GUI after fre:ac v1.1 is finished. Support for themes is an option I consider, but it won't be available in the near future.

     
  • Robert Kausch

    Robert Kausch - 2012-12-31
    • labels: UI, design --> UI, design
    • status: open --> wont-fix
     
  • Robert Kausch

    Robert Kausch - 2015-11-20
    • status: wont-fix --> open
    • Group: fre:ac 1.0.27 --> Undecided
     

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