Chrome is a UI Color scheme editor. It works in conjunction with the PalmOS UI color system to customize the color of all user interface elements in all applications. Chrome requires PalmOS 3.5. Chrome works with any handheld running 3.5 - color or grayscale.
Chrome supports color schemes, so that you can create, edit and delete color sets, save them by name, and quickly load them at a later date.
Chrome supports beaming, so you can you beam your favorite color scheme to a friend.
Chrome 1.1 supports setting the screen depth to take full advantage of the color or grayscale capabilities of your handheld.
Use the Palm Desktop Install Tool to install the file chrome.prc on your handheld.
Start Chrome from the Application Launcher by clicking on the Chrome icon.
The Chrome Main Screen consists of four main areas:
The Title Area provides access to menus and displays the color description when you pen over the Color Display (read on).
The Scheme Selector provides a popup list picker for selecting from the saved color schemes. The special color scheme System restores the default PalmOS color scheme.
The Color Display is the focus of Chrome. The Color Display provides a mini display of all color elements used in the PalmOS UI (Japanese front-end processor elements are not displayed in the English language version of Chrome).
If you click on a Color Display element a color picker pops up to allow you to change the value of that color element. The color description is displayed as the title of the color picker dialog.
If you slide the pen around over elements, a description of the color is displayed in the Title Area, and a click is heard when the color element changes.
When you are happy with the set of colors you have created, you can apply them to the system (and hence see them in all applications) using the Apply Button.
The Help Button provides short tips on how to use Chrome.
As mentioned, the Scheme Selector provides a popup list picker for selecting from the saved color schemes. The Scheme Menu allows you save, beam and delete the scheme currently displayed in the Color Display.
The Edit Menu provides tools for manipulating the colors in the Color Display. Invert will reverse the brightness of colors on the screen: black becomes white, white becomes black, etc..
Screen Settings... provides access to the Screen Settings panel.
The Screen Settings panel lets you set the number of colors that your handheld will use for display. More colors means a more colorful display. Less colors will mean a slightly faster display.
The Command Bar is accessed by a diagonal stroke from the lower-left to upper-right of the alphabetic graffiti area.
The Command Bar provides quick access to the Invert, Beam, Save As... and Delete features. Activate the command by tapping on the appropriate icon.
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