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List:       kde-look
Subject:    Re: Funky MacOS app launcher
From:       "Michael Freiberg" <michael () mi-fr ! de>
Date:       2000-01-08 1:36:45
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Von: Rik Hemsley <rik@kde.org>
An: kde-look@kde.org <kde-look@kde.org>
Datum: Freitag, 7. Januar 2000 23:42
Betreff: Funky MacOS app launcher


>Having seen the screenshot of MacOS X on apple.com, I knocked up something
>that I think does the same thing as the app launcher bar at the bottom
>of the screen.
>
>Could someone who has the ability to view the animation on Apple's page
>that shows how it actually works please have a look and write it down
>for me ?
>
>My version does the following:
>
>Many icons are placed along the edge of the screen. When the pointer
>is moved over an icon, that icon grows quickly to double size. The
>icons surrounding it (a few on each side) are also scaled, but by
>varying degrees. As you move the mouse along the 'bar', the largest
>icon is always the one beneath the pointer. The others change size
>accordingly.
>
>See attached screenshot for an example. BTW, this is done with code,
>not Gimp :) Note that some icons look the wrong size. This is because
>they're not exactly 64x64. I just copied all the Window Maker icons
>to do the test.
>
>Cheers,
>Rik
>

I think it is too much, if the icons scale. In the beginning, it is nice to
see, but then it will get on your nerves.

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