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« XSwitch: Revision 2007 | main | Software versions and updates rates »

XSwitch: new way of windows switching

Digg!

Well… As I told we’re on the way of product upgrading… What is already implemented in new version of XSwitch?

  • Skins support.
  • Live window preview

Tune it up to you

Well… as far XSwitch now support skins, I disclose few moments about it. We support two types of skins: parted and solid. The difference between it is in layout of XSwitch screen parts.

In parted layout general window consists of few logically divided areas:

  • window preview area;
  • windows selector area;
  • window information area;
  • and misc area.

Every area has its own skin settings and can be customized as well…

Skins itself

Skin is a set of images and configuration file. It is clear and well known term. While developing skin subsystem we faced with problem of images types. Which types we should support for the skins? How does skinned window should look like?

So, looking through the existing OS features we’ve made a deal - we support many types of images, but prefer .png images. Why? Using .png images you can easily create gradient alpha channel for the image. So, using that image as skin you’ll create semi-transparent window. In one word it is enhanced image format ;)

I’ll keep you informed about developing process of XSwitch.

Best regards,
Pavel.

Posted by Pavel on Jan 25, 2007 at 7:55 pm
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