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Flash 8 Dark Mode

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Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-20 17:24:30


I'm genuinely curious if anyone has written a jsfl file or something that makes the UI for Macromedia Flash 8 darker.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-20 18:19:07


No, because it is impossible.



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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-20 20:24:32


At 1/20/25 06:19 PM, ntilcheff wrote:No, because it is impossible.


Alas, I am doomed to be living in the light.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-20 23:56:59


At 1/20/25 08:24 PM, Nabella wrote:
At 1/20/25 06:19 PM, ntilcheff wrote:No, because it is impossible.

Alas, I am doomed to be living in the light.


Well, one of the things you actually can do is to set your stage background color to something less eye strain inducing than white. Back in 2012, DuDuL would do animation livestreams and he had his backgrounds set to dark grayish green. I asked him why that was, and he replied that it was to make long animating sessions easier to the eye. I had a slight epiphany, ngl.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-21 01:15:10


At 1/20/25 11:56 PM, Czyszy wrote:
Well, one of the things you actually can do is to set your stage background color to something less eye strain inducing than white. Back in 2012, DuDuL would do animation livestreams and he had his backgrounds set to dark grayish green. I asked him why that was, and he replied that it was to make long animating sessions easier to the eye. I had a slight epiphany, ngl.


I already do this with a darkish grey on the background and pure black for the Actionscript panel.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-22 22:20:14


Well it isn't exactly possible, but you can get a custom windows theme that does it for you!


Examples.

Flash 4

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Flash MX 2004

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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-23 10:50:28 (edited 2025-01-23 10:52:35)


At 1/22/25 10:20 PM, TinFoi wrote:Well it isn't exactly possible, but you can get a custom windows theme that does it for you!

Examples.
Flash 4


Flash MX 2004


This is a really good idea but does this work with Flash 8? I'm fiddling with the theme on Windows 10 and it doesn't seem to be affecting it all.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-23 12:35:32


Changing theme color changed the interface color for all programs at least since Windows 98, it does that in Win7 too. Never used 10. But as far as I know it should act the same way.

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-23 15:08:43


At 1/22/25 10:20 PM, TinFoi wrote:Well it isn't exactly possible, but you can get a custom windows theme that does it for you!

Examples.
Flash 4


Flash MX 2004


Nevermind, I am a computer n00b.


I found a setting called High contrast and it does exactly what you said.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-23 15:11:14


At 1/23/25 03:08 PM, Nabella wrote:
At 1/22/25 10:20 PM, TinFoi wrote:Well it isn't exactly possible, but you can get a custom windows theme that does it for you!

Examples.
Flash 4


Flash MX 2004

Nevermind, I am a computer n00b.

I found a setting called High contrast and it does exactly what you said.


noob

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-26 13:01:01


At 1/23/25 03:11 PM, TinFoi wrote:
noob


Less of a noob than I was before.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-01-26 18:12:01


At 1/26/25 01:01 PM, Nabella wrote:
At 1/23/25 03:11 PM, TinFoi wrote:
noob

Less of a noob than I was before.


I love that theme!

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-02-05 04:33:30 (edited 2025-02-05 04:33:43)


At 1/20/25 05:24 PM, Nabella wrote:I'm genuinely curious if anyone has written a jsfl file or something that makes the UI for Macromedia Flash 8 darker.


Try emailing Macromedia. I think they're a little slow to reply to emails but I'm sure they'll respond /j


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 09:54:23


At 1/22/25 10:20 PM, TinFoi wrote:Well it isn't exactly possible, but you can get a custom windows theme that does it for you!

Examples.
Flash 4


Flash MX 2004


What is it called


SP

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 15:53:02


It's been a while, must've forgotten by now.

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 16:29:14


At 12/8/25 03:53 PM, TinFoi wrote:It's been a while, must've forgotten by now.


don’t you get banned from interacting with old BBS?

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 16:39:04


At 12/8/25 04:29 PM, AlexToolStudio wrote:
At 12/8/25 03:53 PM, TinFoi wrote:It's been a while, must've forgotten by now.

don’t you get banned from interacting with old BBS?


Since when was that a thing?

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 16:40:11 (edited 2025-12-08 16:58:48)


At 12/8/25 09:54 AM, SpaceCowboy113 wrote:
What is it called


Look for the High Contrast setting in Windows and fiddle with the pallette until it looks sort of right.


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Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 16:53:38


At 12/8/25 04:39 PM, TinFoi wrote:
At 12/8/25 04:29 PM, AlexToolStudio wrote:
At 12/8/25 03:53 PM, TinFoi wrote:It's been a while, must've forgotten by now.

don’t you get banned from interacting with old BBS?

Since when was that a thing?


I don’t know happened to me once

Response to Flash 8 Dark Mode 2025-12-08 17:59:25


At 12/8/25 04:53 PM, AlexToolStudio wrote:
At 12/8/25 04:39 PM, TinFoi wrote:
At 12/8/25 04:29 PM, AlexToolStudio wrote:
At 12/8/25 03:53 PM, TinFoi wrote:It's been a while, must've forgotten by now.

don’t you get banned from interacting with old BBS?

Since when was that a thing?

I don’t know happened to me once


Glad it isn't me!