RE: Windows themes and documentation

["Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>]

Thanks for the suggestion.

As far as "This is not all that uncommon." Well, color me surprised. 

After switching back and forth between Classic and XP a few times to see
what was going on, I also found out my carefully customized changes to
Word were gone. Color me dismayed -- and wiser.

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Borokowski [mailto:athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:28 AM
To: Cardimon, Craig; Techwr-l
Subject: Re: Windows themes and documentation

This is not all that uncommon. If you spent some time
as a developer making an app look great under Windows
classic, it's tempting to preserve that as an option.

If the changes are in appearance only, I would
document for the Windows XP default theme and leave a
Tip or Note: Screenshots may appear different under
Windows classic., and note after that any changes that
could alter instructions.

--- "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com> wrote:

> I knew that, in general, squared and gray windows,
> messages, and dialog
> boxes would now have rounded corners in Windows XP
> and look flashier,
> but it seems the buttons specific to the application
> change, too. The
> app appears to detect the theme.


User Interface design blog
http://user-advocacy.blogspot.com/
Code::Design::UI::Consulting
http://www.dionysius.com/

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