[kepler-dev] mac UI is much improved

Derik Barseghian barseghian at nceas.ucsb.edu
Tue May 19 16:26:00 PDT 2009


I also got the other error mentioned on this page once, "Width (0) and  
height (0) cannot be <= 0":
http://lists.apple.com/archives/java-dev/2008/Sep/msg00323.html

Hopefully a little more googling will turn up a solution...
Derik

On May 19, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Chad Berkley wrote:

> I'm workin on it... Derik just told me about it.  I'm not getting  
> the error for some reason and I'm trying to figure out why.
>
> chad
>
>
> ben leinfelder wrote:
>> Well now that you mention it...
>> I've [repeatedly] noticed this error in my console:
>> 2009-05-19 14:46:09.254 java[3884:80f] *** CPerformer: ignoring  
>> exception 'Can't cache image' raised during perform of selector  
>> 'getDockIconImage:' on target '<ApplicationDelegate: 0x14abf0>'  
>> with args '<>'
>> and my doc icon is a very generic image: black screen with green  
>> "exec" in the upper left. Should it be a Kepler icon?
>> -ben
>> On May 19, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Chad Berkley wrote:
>>> Thanks, Matt.  It definitely has a more Mac look and feel now.   
>>> Thanks for pointing out the docs that let me make those changes.   
>>> I wasn't aware that java apps could take advantage of the OSX menu  
>>> bar until you showed me that.
>>>
>>> I'm also working to get the installed version to look like a  
>>> native OSX application as well (i.e. Just a kepler icon in  
>>> Applications with the rest of the application hidden).  If anyone  
>>> has any other nits about native look and feel, let me know and  
>>> I'll see if I can figure it out. I definitely like the application  
>>> a lot more when it works the way I expect it to for a given OS.
>>>
>>> chad
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt Jones wrote:
>>>> Chad and Derik,
>>>> Thanks for taking the time to work on the UI of the Mac build.   
>>>> Chad's
>>>> changes to use the proper menu bar and icon on the Mac and Derik's
>>>> changes to fix the button sizes to get the text to fit has made  
>>>> using
>>>> Kepler on the Mac a much more pleasant and effective experience.
>>>> These little tweaks go a very long way toward building user  
>>>> confidence
>>>> in the application.  Thanks!
>>>> Matt
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