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Feature Manager Skin?

Feature Manager Skin?

Feature Manager Skin?

(OP)
Is there a way to change the Feature Manager Skin like the Property Manager Skin?

Thanks in advance,
Cygnas

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

I believe Scott is correct that would be a GUI issue, most likely a change within the registry or a gui dll file.

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

(OP)
It figures, one of thoses cases where a simple common sense thing is completely overlooked by SW.  Let's give users 3 different Manager views and only allow them to customize one of them.  Real bummer, as I really like the look of the "sand" skin.  Would have liked to have them all match.

Thanks,
Cygnas

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

If you customized the FM do you think it would be easy to see your features? It would vary on hte background, but i know I wouldn't want to customize my FM tree BG.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

www.3dvisiontech.com
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
FAQ559-716 - SW Fora Users

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

(OP)
I guess the flexability would have been nice.  I for one am color blind (red & green) so I have changed the upper & lower gradient colors to something that is good for me (no one else here likes it).  The point is this, they did it for one so why not offer the option for all manager views as everybody has different preferences.  Especially those 1 in 10 color blind people.

Cygnas

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

I feel for ya cygnas, I work next to a color challanged (hehehe) designer. I open his files and the colors are all over the place, light blue, dark blue, pink!!!! I just last week had to texture a few files for him because it is difficult for him to tell how it looks.

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

(OP)
I don't see it as a big deal.  However, when I tell people that the green on a stop & go light looks snow white and the red & yellow lights both look yellow it seems to be a big deal to them.  Thats right I am out there diving with the rest of the world (scary thought for some).  I do enjoy being different!
Cygnas

RE: Feature Manager Skin?

I am another one of those 'color challenged' persons.

It can be very frustrating at times when products are not designed with any thought for colorblind users.  
For example, the battery charger for my digital camera has a single little lit window that indicates the charge state.  Red is charging, and green is fully charged.  NEAR IMPOSSIBLE for me to tell the difference.  If they would seperate the red and green leds or make one blinking and the other steady, I would have no problem.

Just a suggestion for all you product designers out there: color coding is great, but you should always include a secondary, non-color, coding scheme for the 'color challenged.'

BTW, here is a neat website that explains and even shows how a colorblind person sees the world:
http://www.vischeck.com/

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