When Apple released System 7, I was impressed by the color 3-D windows and scroll bars. However, I was disappointed that the buttons were still in only black and white. They looked so flat! So, I wrote this little hack to finish the job that Apple started. "Greg's Buttons" is a control panel that replaces the standard black and white push buttons, check boxes, and radio buttons with color 3-D ones designed to blend in with rest of the System 7 interface (including the color tinges that you can select in the "Color" control panel). "Greg's Buttons" also colorizes the stop sign, caution, and note alert icons. For those of you with NeXT envy, I have included options to replace the standard Chicago system font with a specially modified version of Helvetica, and to change the background of the menu bar to gray. The new system font is smaller than Chicago, so you can fit more menus in the menu bar and more files in the "Open..." and "Save..." dialog boxes. With the gray menu background, pop-up menus will better match the new shaded buttons, such as in the "Open..." and "Save..." dialog boxes. Greg's Buttons works only on machines with System 7 and Color QuickDraw.
To install this control panel, just drag it to your system folder and click "OK" when you are asked if you want to put it in the "Control Panels" folder. All of the features can be turned on and off using the "Greg's Buttons" control panel (except for the color alert icons, which are enabled whenever "Greg's Buttons" is "On"). "Greg's Buttons" will be disabled if you hold down the mouse button when it loads at startup.
Version 2.0 adds a control panel interface, and the button drawing routines have been partially rewritten to be faster, more memory efficient, and generally bug-free. Several new user-interface modifying features have been added, as described below.
"They don't look like buttons unless they're Greg's Buttons." -- A registered user
REGISTRATION:
"Greg's Buttons" is SHAREWARE. You may try it out for ten days. If after that time, you think it is a frivolous waste of processor time and disk space, trash it. If you want to keep it, you must register by sending US$10 (either a check drawn on a US bank, a postal money order, or a $10 bill. After 1 October 1992, I will also be able to accept payment in British pounds sterling. I am unable to accept other foreign currencies or checks from outside the US or UK) to the following address:
Gregory D. Landweber
10 Wallingford Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
Please write "Greg's Buttons" and your version number on the check. With the check please include your own address (internet e-mail if possible), and where you obtained your copy. Once you have registered, you are entitled to turn off the "Annoying Shareware Message" check box in the "Greg's Buttons" Control Panel.
DISTRIBUTION:
This software is NOT in the public domain; rather it is Copyright ⌐1992 by Greg Landweber (with parts Copyright ⌐ 1991 Symantec Corporation since it was written in Think C v5.0.2). This software may be distributed electronically via modems, networks (internet, USEnet, etc.), information services (Compuserve, America Online, etc.), e-mail, bulletin boards, user groups, and informal person to person transfers. This software MAY be included in a disk or CD-ROM collection of public domain and shareware software (such as "BBS in a Box", the Info-Mac CD or a "Disk of the Month") sold by a NON-PROFIT organization, provided that the author is notified in writing and offered a reduced price on the collection. This software MAY NOT be included in any commercial software collection sold for profit (such as those sold by EduCorp), nor may it be bundled with any commercial software, hardware, books, or other media without the written consent of the author. Whenever it is distributed, the "Greg's Buttons" control panel must be accompanied by this documentation file IN FULL.
DISCLAIMER:
The author, Gregory D. Landweber, makes no warranties, either express or implied, regarding the fitness of the "Greg's Buttons" control panel for any particular purpose. Use the "Greg's Buttons" control panel at your own risk. The author claims no liability for data loss or other problems caused directly or indirectly by the "Greg's Buttons" control panel.
