Editing or changing colorschemes on windows

[Andrey Goreev]

I think he meant that if digiKam is more usable on Windows it will generate
more donations to the project in future.

Best regards,

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Mica Semrick <mica at silentumbrella.com>
wrote:

> > you have also an "Donate" button on the homepage. ... I believe you
> could generate much more donates from windows user if this (probably simple
> to correct) bug will be corrected.
>
> Instead of thinking "I'd donate if just one more bug is fixed" please
> consider that digikam has been going since the early 2000 and there must be
> thousands and thousands of unpaid man hours in this project. Donate because
> of what's already been done, not because something new needs to happen.
>
> -m
>
> On July 19, 2017 7:30:30 AM PDT, Friedrich Seuhs <f_seuhs at gmx.at> wrote:
>>
>> I have tried all schemes available on windows, all have drawbacks. Mostly
>> not recogniceable icon on buttons with mouse over or not, or unredable text
>> in tooltips. High contrast is not presented.
>>
>> A word to emotions.
>> It is open source. But you have also an "Donate" button on the homepage.
>> I am sure that I am not the only windows user who made similar experiance
>> (emotion) after installing it on windows and started the software. It is
>> the first impression you get from digikam. I believe you could generate
>> much more donates from windows user if this (probably simple to correct)
>> bug will be corrected. The software for itself is very good and very
>> cometitive in comparsion with commercial windows photosoftware.
>>
>> Regards F. Seuhs
>>
>> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2017 um 15:30 Uhr
>> *Von:* "Andrey Goreev" <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>> *An:* "digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>> power of open source" <digikam-users at kde.org>
>> *Betreff:* Re: Aw: Re: Editing or changing colorschemes on windows
>> In that case you should adjust the color scheme of your system. I am
>> pretty sure there are high contrast themes/schemes shipped with Windows.
>>
>> And please do not get too emotional. Dealing with imperfections is a part
>> of the deal when using an open source software. The whole idea is that you
>> can download the source code, patch the bug and suggest it to the
>> developers or just keep it for yourself. It does not happen very often in
>> real life because most users are no programmers but emotional comments do
>> not help either. Just a suggestion.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Friedrich Seuhs <f_seuhs at gmx.at>
>> Date: 2017-07-19 7:10 AM (GMT-07:00)
>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>> Subject: Aw: Re: Editing or changing colorschemes on windows
>>
>> It is not only a quality from my screen, it is also a proble at the
>> moment because I am using it in the garden in the shadow.
>> The problem is ot the pictdititing, the problem is to read all text and
>> buttons of the program. I do not editing pictures on my laptop, I want to
>> geomap, add tags, manage the collections and so on.
>>
>> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2017 um 14:33 Uhr
>> *Von:* "Andrey Goreev" <aegoreev at gmail.com>
>> *An:* "digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the
>> power of open source" <digikam-users at kde.org>
>> *Betreff:* Re: Editing or changing colorschemes on windows
>> Hello,
>> I have exactly the same problem. It does not matter what system you are
>> at (Linux, Windows, Mac). I think it is just a low quality of a laptop's
>> screen. I use an external monitor most of the time which solves the
>> problem. When I am working without an external monitor I kind of know now
>> how the colors are going to look like on my large monitor, on paper and on
>> my phone/tablet screen.
>> Many people use calibrators to make picture look the same on all displays
>> as well as on paper but I guess I am being too cheap to spend $100 on a
>> device without trying it first. I should have just bought it but I
>> personally don't believe that a color scheme going to make picture on a
>> crappy display look any better. Hopefully I am wrong.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Friedrich Seuhs <f_seuhs at gmx.at>
>> Date: 2017-07-19 6:08 AM (GMT-07:00)
>> To: digikam-users at kde.org
>> Subject: Editing or changing colorschemes on windows
>>
>> First let me say, I realy like digikam!
>>
>> I am a windows user!
>> But the existing colorschemes for windows make me crazy!
>> For my desktop with a better monitor I found a scheme, that is far away
>> from perfect, but it enables me to work with it.
>> For my laptop I cound not find any of the included schemes that is
>> acceptable for me. The differences in gray are so small, that I cannot see
>> for example the different buttons and the icons on it. Standard scheme
>> shows unreadable tool-tips!
>>
>>
>> Is there a possibility to edit the colrschemefiles with a little comfort?
>> Editing in text and restarting digikam is too timeconsuming.
>> Or is there anyone who has colorschemefiles with more contast and will
>> share with me?
>>
>> Many thanks Fritz
>>
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