• 40tude Dialog in Dark Mode?

    From Jim S@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 5 09:39:52 2021
    I have got most of my pc set up in Dark Mode. I can get the windows in
    Dialog to white on black, but the outline and toolbars are still white. It really doesn't matter, but then iy might be nice.
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    Jim S

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  • From VanguardLH@21:1/5 to Jim S on Fri Nov 5 14:17:36 2021
    Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

    I have got most of my pc set up in Dark Mode. I can get the windows in
    Dialog to white on black, but the outline and toolbars are still white. It really doesn't matter, but then iy might be nice.

    Support for Dialog died back in 2002, with a minor update showing up in
    2005. The author long ago abandoned Dialog. It's still good enough,
    and very configurable with scripts on events, that I still use it.
    There haven't been any changes nor support since 2005, or earlier, so
    something like dark mode will never happen for Dialog.

    Under Settings -> General -> Fonts/Colors, I saw settings for the
    newsgroups and header panes, but nothing for the message pane. However,
    going to Settings -> General -> Article colors shows some color options
    for the messages pane. Have you played with those? Part of coloring of article is to use different colors for different styles or indentation
    to facilitate seeing who said what to whom. If you reverse the
    background color, it can be hardware to get colors to stand out with as
    much contrast on a black background than on white background.

    Might be possible with the coloring options in Dialog to achieve the
    same results, but there never was and never will be a dark mode option.

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  • From Jim S@21:1/5 to VanguardLH on Fri Nov 5 20:08:31 2021
    On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 14:17:36 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

    Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> wrote:

    I have got most of my pc set up in Dark Mode. I can get the windows in
    Dialog to white on black, but the outline and toolbars are still white. It >> really doesn't matter, but then iy might be nice.

    Support for Dialog died back in 2002, with a minor update showing up in
    2005. The author long ago abandoned Dialog. It's still good enough,
    and very configurable with scripts on events, that I still use it.
    There haven't been any changes nor support since 2005, or earlier, so something like dark mode will never happen for Dialog.

    Under Settings -> General -> Fonts/Colors, I saw settings for the
    newsgroups and header panes, but nothing for the message pane. However, going to Settings -> General -> Article colors shows some color options
    for the messages pane. Have you played with those? Part of coloring of article is to use different colors for different styles or indentation
    to facilitate seeing who said what to whom. If you reverse the
    background color, it can be hardware to get colors to stand out with as
    much contrast on a black background than on white background.

    Might be possible with the coloring options in Dialog to achieve the
    same results, but there never was and never will be a dark mode option.

    As I thought. No harm in asking. Still the best newsreaser IMO. All my
    pames are White on Black + the other set coloured text for older postings.
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    Jim S

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