Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets >on a grey21 background. Fashion. Pure and simple. It's ludicrous, I agree; We finally have near photo-realistic GFX systems, and UI designers decide the best

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Paul Sutton
On 09/02/2019 08:11, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 > David Wright wrote: > > Hello David, > >> I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets >> on a grey21 background. > Fashion. Pure and simple. > > It's ludicrous, I agree; We finally have near pho

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:38:30PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > on a grey21 background. How am I meant to know what's going to happen > when I press Return on each of these dialogue boxes, 1­3? Enjoy your stock GTK+3

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread tomas
On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:38:30PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > on a grey21 background. Ending is better than mending. Form replaces function. (not having my constructive day today, sorry) Cheers -- t signature.asc Description

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 09 February 2019 03:18:43 Paul Sutton wrote: > On 09/02/2019 08:11, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 21:38:30 -0600 > > David Wright wrote: > > > > Hello David, > > > >> I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > >> on a grey21 background. > > > > Fas

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey ([Solved] for gnumeric, & FF scrollbars)

2019-02-09 Thread David Wright
On Sat 09 Feb 2019 at 11:25:20 (+0300), Reco wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:38:30PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > I can't understand why modern GUIs are composed of grey20 widgets > > on a grey21 background. How am I meant to know what's going to happen > > when I press Return on each of thes

Re: Stretch to buster

2019-02-09 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 07:48:00 + Paul Sutton wrote: > On 09/02/2019 02:22, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > On 2/8/19 11:09 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 15:06:34 + > >> Paul Sutton wrote: > >> > >>> Updated from Stretch to Buster (non-free) the other day all went fine, >

Re: Stretch to buster

2019-02-09 Thread Boyan Penkov
OP, are you on x86? amd64? Cheers! -- Boyan Penkov www.boyanpenkov.com > On Feb 9, 2019, at 16:29, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 07:48:00 + > Paul Sutton wrote: > >> On 09/02/2019 02:22, Peter Ehlert wrote: >>> >>> On 2/8/19 11:09 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Fri,

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey ([Solved] for gnumeric, & FF scrollbars)

2019-02-09 Thread Michael Lange
Hi, On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 14:40:18 -0600 David Wright wrote: > > However, you've taught me what to look for in the Packages/Descriptions > files, and I've now installed gnome-accessibility-themes. Not pretty, > but does just what I want in gnumeric. Thanks. you might want to also have a look at t

Re: Stretch to buster

2019-02-09 Thread deloptes
Patrick Bartek wrote: > As for me, I'm the patient, very practical type.  Debian is my distro > of choice after almost 20 years of using other Linuxes because of its > philosophy of stability and bug-freeness above all else. I'll wait > until Buster is in Release Candidate status before testing it

Re: Stretch to buster

2019-02-09 Thread Richard Hector
On 10/02/19 12:01 PM, deloptes wrote: >> Normally, I wouldn't bother since I usually only upgrade every other >> release after LTS ceases on my primary install.  But this time, Buster >> includes support for AMD's Ryzen APU series which a notebook I'm >> considering purchasing around summertime use

Re: Systemd files on a Raspberry Pi

2019-02-09 Thread chris
so relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:07 AM Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Andrew McGlashan writes: > > If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck, plain and simple. > > > > I absolutely agree with the post that systemd is a "cancer" > > And I think Debia

Re: Stretch to buster

2019-02-09 Thread Peter Ehlert
The freeze for buster will happen according to the following timeline: * 2019-01-12 - Transition freeze * 2019-02-12 - Soft-freeze * 2019-03-12 - Full-freeze via https://release.debian.org/buster/freeze_policy.html On 2/9/19 3:01 PM, deloptes wrote: Patrick Bartek wrote: As for me, I'm

Re: GUIs are turning into seas of grey (gnumeric)

2019-02-09 Thread David Wright
On Sat 09 Feb 2019 at 23:16:42 (+0100), Michael Lange wrote: > On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 14:40:18 -0600 > David Wright wrote: > > > > However, you've taught me what to look for in the Packages/Descriptions > > files, and I've now installed gnome-accessibility-themes. Not pretty, > > but does just what I

Re: Stretch to buster

2019-02-09 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:01:47 +0100 deloptes wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > As for me, I'm the patient, very practical type.  Debian is my distro > > of choice after almost 20 years of using other Linuxes because of its > > philosophy of stability and bug-freeness above all else. I'll wait