Editing or changing colorschemes on windows

[Andrey Goreev]

Confirmed. Changing theme settings in Windows does not change the way the
tooltips being shown. They are still light grey text on a creamy background.

Best regards,

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Friedrich Seuhs <f_seuhs at gmx.at> wrote:

> Exactly!
>
> *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2017 um 16:43 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: Re: Editing or changing colorschemes on windows
> 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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