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NewerLook
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  Well after Acorn's effort called NewLook, it's a wonder Doggysoft
didn't get there first, but there here now. OK, so NewLook is quite good,
but you don't really recognise any difference until you start using the
applications. For some reason, Acorn still use the old 310-type 
filesystem icons even on the RiscPC which, you'd think would of been
replaced by new 3d icons for the new 3d Desktop; but no. NewLook was
really for 2meg+ owners as it uses quite an amount of memory as all the
replacement files were loaded in at once in a module. Doggysoft have
decided against this and loads in replacement code as it needs it, but
unfortunately this is only really useful for hard disc owners. It offers
replacement templates for most Wimp operations and new sprites for
hundreds of icons. Perhaps some more time could of been spent
designing the icons as they have a "cartoony" style.

  NewerLook also comes with some very useful modules. It contains a
new transparent DragASprite module which flickers so as not to lose any
of the image on non-multisync monitors, which I don't like, but still very
useful as it can be used on RISC OS 2 machines as well as RISC OS 3
machines. I don't know about you but I load in quite a few 3d
replacement sprites in my boot-up sequence and I hate it when badly-
behaved applications replace them with the old icons or their efforts at
redesigning. Doggysoft have made a module that stops certain icons
from merging with the sprite pool which is very useful. Also in the pack
is a replacement hourglass, although I don't like this and prefer to use the
one designed by Lovell which is like the Acorn one, but is bigger and in
full colour.

  Nice one Doggysoft; it is very welcome in my PD collection. I'm sure it
will soon be in yours too.

8/10

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