tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post1342502446807027055..comments2023-09-11T08:13:04.793-07:00Comments on Rick's Café Américain: A Little UI WorkRick Holzgrafehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413087277577911601noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-81943833520151903982011-12-14T12:23:49.374-08:002011-12-14T12:23:49.374-08:00A "recent games" list is an excellent id...A "recent games" list is an <i>excellent</i> idea. I've made a note. Thanks!Rick Holzgrafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413087277577911601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-11420215532372258752011-12-10T11:17:54.190-08:002011-12-10T11:17:54.190-08:00I like the green i too. If you still want it to p...I like the green i too. If you still want it to pop up after a delay on the highlight (useful for accessibility and some of the mouse-target impaired among us...unless it has a keystroke too), maybe you could restrict that only to the all games tab, not the favourites one. Also, a suggestion for 'goodies' to list (or change) to the 'recent games' that have been played. More than once I've tried a game once, and liked it, but forgotten what it was... or someone else has tried a different game and recommended it but not known it's name. With 100+ games, it's easy to forget. Our memories are going along with our abilities to read small print:-)Serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592171979864679786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-88848600724296093922011-11-15T08:39:49.081-08:002011-11-15T08:39:49.081-08:00Like many others, I occasionally check to see how ...Like many others, I occasionally check to see how the Lion update is coming along. The Spider game in Solitaire till Dawn is so valuable to my sanity that I'm not going to upgrade to Lion until I can be sure I won't lose it! I just wanted to say thank you <i>so much</i> for all your work! Solitaire till Dawn has improved my life for the last 25 years.Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04042588864606337878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-5929636905224389352011-11-14T15:13:11.620-08:002011-11-14T15:13:11.620-08:00Jan: I'm a bit frustrated about green vs. blue...Jan: I'm a bit frustrated about green vs. blue. You'll notice that the background color of the selected item is blue: against that color, the blue circle around the "i" pretty much disappears. And the blue background comes from Apple and is standard; I'm reluctant to flout the Apple Human Interface guidelies. Anyway, it would be somewhere between difficult and impossible to change it (I forget which offhand), and given my color sense, completely impossible to make up something that looked as good but wasn't blue.Rick Holzgrafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413087277577911601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-47975524483373038232011-11-14T11:30:50.991-08:002011-11-14T11:30:50.991-08:00I like the idea of the 'i' but white on a ...I like the idea of the 'i' but white on a blue background (standard European colouring!!). Might a hover-enabled 'tool-tip' then make it clear that the 'i' icon will lead to more than just information? I do not think the panel should appear automatically and I think the wording for panel closure should be 'Close this panel' not 'Close this window' (as it's not a window!).Jan Cobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583900379050196704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-54286853360028433182011-11-14T01:23:30.069-08:002011-11-14T01:23:30.069-08:00I'm still using Snow Leopard so am still enjoy...I'm still using Snow Leopard so am still enjoying your STD! Will probably change to Lion when your program is available...I don't want to lose a single night of playing my favorites! Will we still be able to add our own photos to the card backs? I love having my grandniece looking back at me!Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11583166029372300218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-27456577893050809452011-10-29T01:14:50.416-07:002011-10-29T01:14:50.416-07:00Can hardly wait, Rick --- Solitaire til Dawn is th...Can hardly wait, Rick --- Solitaire til Dawn is the real fuel that keeps writers writing!!!<br /><br />thanks so much for your ongoing contribution to the literary world:)<br /><br />and yeah, we are all aging. Bigger print always good!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17543707476185924180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-12003857679582330612011-10-26T08:55:02.954-07:002011-10-26T08:55:02.954-07:00Great work Rick, and another vote for the green &#...Great work Rick, and another vote for the green 'i'. In the current version I've reassigned the Deal keyboard shortcut from Command-D to Command-Space which is much easier. Hopefully this will still be possible, or better still just use the spacebar like QuickLook. Can't wait to buy the new STD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-25574618501179624152011-10-06T10:13:44.266-07:002011-10-06T10:13:44.266-07:00I too prefer the i rather than have something auto...I too prefer the i rather than have something automatically appear; perhaps a help icon could indicate how to use the i icon.<br /><br />I'd love to see an update in the STD website--last one 8.14, almost 2 months ago. I'd also love some sense of a target date--doesn't have to be precise, but are we talking days, weeks, months, years, or decades here?<br /><br />I, too, miss STD. I haven't found a solitaire program with reasonable graphics and probably (it's been a few months so I'm getting fuzzy about what it had) the automatic actions in STD, so I've resorted to keeping my ipad handy for solitaire.<br /><br />On a topic totally unrelated to STD, but relevant to your recent post about 25 years of Apple history: my first computer in 1983 was an Apple IIe! I left the Apple world a couple of years later because the world was standardizing on DOS even though not the best operating system (just the best marketing) and returned when Macs could run Windows, though have completed the transition and don't need Windows now.Gandalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06765880502051546325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-75968936636144116262011-10-04T20:25:19.435-07:002011-10-04T20:25:19.435-07:00I've made a note about large print. Thanks for...I've made a note about large print. Thanks for reminding me!Rick Holzgrafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413087277577911601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-24277933587341653602011-10-04T11:41:51.360-07:002011-10-04T11:41:51.360-07:00While you are fiddling with the UI, please keep in...While you are fiddling with the UI, please keep in mind us folk who have trouble with tiny fonts. That's my one complaint about the existing version. The card sizes are adjustable, but the print at the bottom is of a size pretty much illegible to me, and it isn't adjustable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-89021728973087006282011-10-02T21:37:06.330-07:002011-10-02T21:37:06.330-07:00Those actually are buttons: a "segmented cont...Those actually are buttons: a "segmented control". I tried using actual tabs, but it turns out they won't respond to a click on an already-selected tab. It means that if you click the selected tab, nothing happens: the drawer won't slide out if it's in, or in if it's out. That wouldn't do, of course.Rick Holzgrafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12413087277577911601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-34978374253852730602011-10-02T18:22:25.460-07:002011-10-02T18:22:25.460-07:00The green "i" is great. A keeper. I do...The green "i" is great. A keeper. I don't wish to be a nit picker, but the tabs look more like buttons -- floating unanchored without a sheet. Wouldn't bother me (much) if they stayed that way, certainly not enough to keep me from enjoying the game. But jut wanted to point out that a different UI element might be more UI consistent within Lion.<br /><br />arenken, Apple did warn folks that support for PowerPC apps was going away with Lion, and explained how you could determine what apps installed on your Mac could cease working with the upgrade. I wouldn't chastise them for that… though selfishly, I wish they had continued Rosetta support a little longer.unemploymentbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164341617105764615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-12645758135541739782011-10-01T13:32:58.974-07:002011-10-01T13:32:58.974-07:00Like everybody else, it seems, I vote for the litt...Like everybody else, it seems, I vote for the little green "i." It's a feature we see on so many apps now that I can't imagine anyone missing it.<br /><br />It's very exciting to see what you're doing. Thanks for the post.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673901578337544076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-37659712321659634812011-10-01T10:44:10.752-07:002011-10-01T10:44:10.752-07:00It looks greatIt looks greattillottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788307267173070740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-68293127731410845142011-09-30T02:59:25.273-07:002011-09-30T02:59:25.273-07:00I also like the green "i". Just seeing ...I also like the green "i". Just seeing draft screenshots is getting me excited to have Solitaire Til Dawn running on Lion!Scohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724855035010756595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-17467287816562708172011-09-29T11:38:28.708-07:002011-09-29T11:38:28.708-07:00I think the display shown will will work with ever...I think the display shown will will work with everybody. The "i" icon is not new and the tabs for Favorites and All will keep them in view all the time. They all blend together well.<br />Please keep up the great work.dhamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650957392936286927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-73156856297984828332011-09-27T16:45:14.374-07:002011-09-27T16:45:14.374-07:00The green i is a great idea! I'm just playing ...The green i is a great idea! I'm just playing Solitaire Til Dawn on an old MacBook until the Lion-compatible version is ready…but I'll be very, very glad to have it on my main machine again.<br /><br />If I had known I'd lose my favorite game, even temporarily, I would never had installed Lion - wish Apple had warned us!arenkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732723565800627069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-16707254276846296462011-09-27T14:12:47.245-07:002011-09-27T14:12:47.245-07:00Liking the green "i" to pick up the info...Liking the green "i" to pick up the info on a game I mightn't play very often! Looking forward to the new version.Bettinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530628996351562461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5078479987883404052.post-31246496417505910282011-09-27T07:15:32.555-07:002011-09-27T07:15:32.555-07:00It all looks great! I'm patiently waiting for...It all looks great! I'm patiently waiting for the new Solitaire Til Dawn since the old one doesn't work on our new iMac with Lion. The new changes look great!Sherrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507624480336731988noreply@blogger.com