Mondriaan

Description

Mondriaan shows an adjustable number of color panes. These panes change color at adjustable intervals. With Mondriaan you can:

• Configure the time interval between two color combinations.
• Save beautiful combinations for later use.
• Put Mondriaan into the Full Screen mode.
• Freeze the current color combination.
• Continue varying colors.
• Hide the title bar so only the color panes will be visible.

On the title bar are a number of buttons. From left to right they are:

     = Pause (F4)
     = Continue (F5)
     = Read Pattern (F6)
     = Save Pattern (F7)
     = Configuration (F8)
     = Help
     = Quit (F10)

Pause

Click the "Pause" button to enter the Pause mode en freeze the current color pattern.

Continue

After reading a saved pattern Mondriaan is in the Pause mode. Click the "Coninue" buton to continue changing colors.

Read Pattern

Click the "Read Pattern" button to read a saved pattern. So you can study your finest color combinations.

Save Pattern

Click the "Save Pattern" button to save the current pattern. Later on you can read the saved pattern for a closer look.

Configuration

Click the "Configuration" button to enter the Configuration Window. In this window you can adjust:

• "Number of Panes horizontal"; This is the number of panes in horizontal direction.
• "Number of Panes vertical"; This is the number of panes in vertical direction.
• "Time Interval"; This is the amount of time between two color changes.
• "Screen"; Check "Hide Title Bar" to hide the title bar and see only the color panes.
• "Refresh"; Check "One Pane" to change the colors pane by pane.
• "Refreshing"; Check "Gradually" in the "One Pane" mode to to gradually change the color of a pane from the current color to the next one.
• "Percentage". Enter 100 to obtain the slowest change of color.
• "Automatic Update". Check "Automatic Updates On" to let Mondriaan check if a new version is available.

Information

Click the "Help" button for the Information Menu. This menu has three items:

    "Help" - Click this item for the Help Pages
    "Help Index" - Click this item, for the Help Index.
    "About" - Click this item for information about the program and the author.

Click the "Author" button for the address data of the Author of the program.

Quit

Click the "Quit" button to close the program. The configuration will be saved.

Conclusion

Mondriaan freely available. Remarks, bugs or suggestions for improvement are welcome by e-mail. Give the program to your friends!

Downloading

Download the program now.

• Name: Mondriaan
• Version: 1.10
• Release date: 2007-09-08
• Download name: mondriaan110.exe
• Download size: 526 kB

You can try the program without any risc; It can be easily removed again from your computer ("Start | Configuration Screen | Software | Mondriaan" => Click the button "Remove").

Download the program as follows:

First method (download and install):

• Click Download and check "Open".
• Click "OK" and the download starts. After downloading the program will be installed on your computer. Follow the directions in the installation program.

Second method: (download and save)

• Click Download and check "Save as...".
• Enter e.g. "c:\Temp" as destination.
• Click "OK" and downloading starts. The file " mondriaan110.exe" wil now be saved to the directory "c:\Temp"

Installation

If you used the second way the pogram has to be installed now. Installing the program is very simple too. Assuming the downloaded file has been saved in "c:\Temp" then:

• Click "Start | Execute".
• Enter: "c:\Temp\ mondriaan110.exe".
• Click OK.

Now follow the directions in the setup program to install Mondriaan on your computer.