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Hey.
Im a graphic designer, and...I was forced to update to 9.0. It's not half bad. Though now obviously I cannot use the 8.5 skins any longer. I was using the black background, with light text skin by Willz, for the longest time.

This is my issue. I have light sensitive eyes(pretty bad, wear sunglasses to see Google properly). Now that I have 9.0? I uploaded the Leopard skin, which rocks. But the "Typing Area" within the chat windows themselves is blinding bright white. It's killing my eyes.

There is a skin called "Asiatique Live 2009" I adore the "Faded Typing Area". I have located the code that is used to set the Transparency...

                <Control xsi:type="ComboBoxControl" Id="Convtspt">
                <Position Top="170" Width="80" Left="140"/>
                <Caption>Transparence de la conversation</Caption>
                </Control>

Would it be possible. Just for my own sake. To impliment this code into the Leopard "OptInterfaces" Codes and have it dim the Typing area in it like the "Asiatique Live 2009" has?

Please help. I'm borderlining using Trillian again, because I'm blowing through headache meds.

Or will I have to be forced to take a skinning/.xml crash course, and just make my own? Oh gawds. Please help.
04-01-2009 04:54 PM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
You have to add more than that to make it work (that code is only to see the option in the Options panel), you also need to change some code in the definition and style files, it is pretty easy, just few minutes to find out how to do it, but the author is the one who decides (hope he accepts), good luck (y)

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04-02-2009 03:03 AM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
I don't see any legal issue if it's a personal mod which you don't try to pass off as your own skin
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04-02-2009 06:24 PM
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O.P. RE: Bright Typing Area??
Thank you both for the information. Its very appreciated. -lmao-. I don't think changing a simple bkg code in a skin warrant's saying 'hey i made a skin'. -giggles-. people who do that, and distribute it? thats bad.

I am working on my own msn skin. Though it will be at least a few more weeks before i would try to release it.
04-03-2009 07:51 PM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
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Originally posted by noir
Thank you both for the information. Its very appreciated. -lmao-. I don't think changing a simple bkg code in a skin warrant's saying 'hey i made a skin'. -giggles-. people who do that, and distribute it? thats bad.

I am working on my own msn skin. Though it will be at least a few more weeks before i would try to release it.
Yeah... you don't even imagine what people are able to do for some popularity.
Good luck with your skin! =)
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
why not just turn down the brightness of your monitor? :p
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04-03-2009 08:43 PM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
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why not just turn down the brightness of your monitor? :p
White will still being white no matter the bright =P
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04-03-2009 08:52 PM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
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Originally posted by ShawnZ
why not just turn down the brightness of your monitor? :p
White will still being white no matter the bright =P

she has light sensitive eyes, not colour sensitive eyes...

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04-03-2009 09:00 PM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
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Originally posted by ShawnZ
why not just turn down the brightness of your monitor? :p
It wont help, i've had a similar problem in the past and most of the time it was better not to spend time on the computer at all :P
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04-03-2009 09:01 PM
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RE: Bright Typing Area??
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Originally posted by ShawnZ
she has light sensitive eyes, not colour sensitive eyes...
White will irradiate all the visible light specter, while darker colors will irradiate only some parts of it... turning down the brightness wouldn't help at all, as the only thing that would change would the the intensity of those rays of light, and no the quantity of them. So yeah, that's why
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It wont help, i've had a similar problem in the past and most of the time it was better not to spend time on the computer at all :P
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