Round Windows

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Has anyone ever explored the idea of round windows, just for fun, as I can't see any practical reason. :p 
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Been done, mosts boats and ships have them, called portholes.  :LOL:  Oh, you were talking about like on computers.  ;) 
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
round windows may be fun, but in reality they don't translate to well to a desktop environment. it's all good and different at the start, but when you look closer the flaws start to appear, jagged edges for one thing. people like their edges sleek and smooth.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Most apps are designed for parallelograms.
Displaying data for apps like that in a circle would reduce usability.
Monitors are also parallelograms, si if you used circles space would be wasted.
Smallish custom gadgets can be very effective in circles.

What did you have in mind?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hmmm, my monitor is a rectangle...

Fuzzy thinks Zubaz should look up 'parallelogram'  ;) 

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Two words...... stretching and tiling. It's a no go, I've tried it.
(oh and scrollbars dont go round corners either......) B[]
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Round windows might be fun, but there'd be so much wasted space it's just not practical. You could have a few rounded corners though.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A rectangel *IS* one parallelogram.   ;)

Definitions of parallelogram on the Web:

  • a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal

  • www.nga.gov/education/classroom/new_angles/glossary.shtm
  • A four-sided figure with opposite sides parallel.

  • www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemath/glossary.html
  • A quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel

  • cpscia.k12.ar.us/Curriculum/Math/Math%209-12/Geometry/GEOMETRY%20Glossary.doc
  • A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel and congruent sides.

  • www.numbernut.com/glossary/p.shtml
  • A quadrilateral (four-sided figure) in which both pairs of sides are parallel and equal.

  • www.scienceclarified.com/Ph-Py/Polygon.html
  • a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length

  • wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  • A parallelogram is a four-sided plane figure that has two sets of opposite parallel sides. Every parallelogram is a polygon, and more specifically a quadrilateral. ...

  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelogram

    • Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    would look goofy with a non editable rectangular background in the middle eh? Plus the frames would be HUGE to compensate for the roundedness of the corners.
    Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    A rectangel *IS* one parallelogram.
    End of quote


    You can use that dictionary to check your spelling, too. ;)
    Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    Been done, mosts boats and ships have them, called portholes.
    End of quote


    Oh, a wise guy. :LOL:
    I think round windows would work OK with my 24 inch oval screen monitor.
    Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    Monitors are also parallelograms, si if you used circles space would be wasted.
    End of quote




    A rectangel *IS* one parallelogram.

    Definitions of parallelogram on the Web:
    # a quadrilateral with opposite sides parallel and equal

    # www.nga.gov/education/classroom/new_angles/glossary.shtm
    # A four-sided figure with opposite sides parallel.
    End of quote




    Monitors are rectangles:

    Rectangle: parallelogram with all right angles (rectus = right)http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/new_angles/glossary.shtm



    Point to Fuzzy... as if there was any doubt ;) ;)
    Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    Ive always fantasized about meeting a woman and her name was 'parallella..'

    i think thats a cool name.......... :LOL: 
    Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    kitty, you are getting stranger by the minute...  ;p 
    Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
    Been done, mosts boats and ships have them, called portholes.
    End of quote


    Exactumondo!

     :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: