Re: Re: Compatibility woes
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- Subject: [mg76194] Re: [mg76099] Re: Compatibility woes
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 06:11:05 -0400 (EDT)
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> slider moves directly to the mouse position. Concerning the slider =
> speed, we found that it is reasonably responsive (not too fast or not =
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> too slow) for many. Actually, it is up to the system mouse sensitivity=
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> setting, not Mathematica.
I belatedly realize that can't be true.
No matter how sensitive (or not) the mouse may be, the maximum mouse =
movement (equal to the visible height of the control) must equate to =
moving through ALL members in the list. So the speed at which the list =
flies by, for ANY given mouse movement, is (and has to be, for a slider)=
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proportional to the number of entries in the list.
Hence sliders are tolerable for small lists, intolerable for very long =
lists. For a list with millions of entries, one pixel of mouse movement =
on =
the screen could equate to thousands of entries, but maybe we're only =
seeing five or ten.
Screen resolution has an effect; high resolution => short visible cont=
rol =
=> faster movement through the list. I run my screen at 1280x1024, so =
the =
"speed" I'm looking at is 25% greater than what you'd see at 1024x768.
No?
Bobby
On Wed, 16 May 2007 14:22:08 -0500, Yu-Sung Chang <yusung at wolfram.com> =
wrote:
> DrMajorBob wrote:
>> ColorData["Legacy", "Images"] returns an error:
> My mistake. Should be "Image". Also, an interactive tool can be called=
=
> by "Panel".
>>
>> ColorData::notprop: Images is not a known property for ColorData. Use=
\
>> ColorData["Properties"] for a list of properties.
>>
>> And neither ColorData["Legacy"][LightGreen] nor =
>> ColorData["Legacy"][PaleGreen] returns a color (RGB code).
> The name should be given as a string (otherwise, there would be no poi=
nt =
> of having this special paclet, since they were already symbols). =
> ColorData[] does not define new symbols.
>>
>> How do I Plot on a PaleGoldenrod background?
>>
>> Plot[Sin[x], {x, -Pi, Pi}, Background -> PaleGoldenrod]
> Background->ColorData["Legacy", "PaleGoldenrod"]
> Please remember that there are a lot of overlaps in names between colo=
r =
> sets. For instance, our "Legacy" color set (derived from =
> Graphics`Colors`) and "HTML" named color set share a huge number of =
> names (and the defined colors are different).
>>
>>> Please refer ColorData documentation for further information. Also,
>>> there is an interactive palette under "Palettes" menu, called
>>> "ColorSchemes", which will display all the available colors.
>>
>> When I select "Named" and "Legacy", I get a scroll bar that's unusabl=
e. =
>> I can't arrow down through the list or use the page-down key, making =
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>> sure that I see them all. I can't click on the slider without moving =
=
>> too far and missing some. I can't find Blue except by trial and error=
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>> (even after sorting by name).
> If you noticed, a palette does not steal the keyboard focus from your =
=
> working notebook. For various reasons, but mainly because some =
> functionalities (for instance, "Insert") want to know the focused =
> notebook. The workaround is making shortcuts from some unassigned keys=
, =
> but it is definitely not a pretty solution.
>>
>> When I try "paging down" in the list by clicking the control, I get =
>> different results on every attempt. Sometimes the first color after =
>> Azure is BlanchedAlmond. Sometimes it's BrownMadder. Et cetera.
> You are clicking a slider bar. Unlike the system slider, Mathematica =
> slider moves directly to the mouse position. Concerning the slider =
> speed, we found that it is reasonably responsive (not too fast or not =
=
> too slow) for many. Actually, it is up to the system mouse sensitivity=
=
> setting, not Mathematica.
>
> If you find that the palette is hard to use, please try =
> ColorData["Legacy","Panel"].
>>
>> Nobody at Wolfram ever tried to USE this palette, it seems to me.
> I understand that the scrollbar can be awkward, especially if you are =
=
> using a touchpad. It is quite possible in the future that we add arrow=
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> buttons at the top and bottom for single step moves.
>
> Also, the documentation deals with the function in great detail. Many =
of =
> your questions are already answered in there (first few "basic" =
> examples).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Yu-Sung Chang
> Kernel Technology
> Wolfram Research, Inc.
>
-- =
DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com