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quarterback:
--- Quote from: NIVO on March 21, 2005, 06:48:24 pm ---"Our R&D dept. has made many different test and mixed different materials and colours to get the most similar PUSH BUTTONS with traslucent bezel as per your samples."
Does anyone else get the impression that only the bezel area was made translucent and not the actual button itself?
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My thoughts exactly.
Although they also say "the button does not get illuminated correctly"
I guess my question is, what exactly did you send to them shawnzilla? They say they're trying to make it as similar as possible to your samples. What 'samples' did you send them? If you sent them a light-up-translucent-button then they should know what you're looking for.
Did you send them a translucent button? A translucent bezel? Was there an LED or bulb involved?
shawnzilla:
I sent them translucent leaf switch buttons...as color samples only, not design samples. The company rep and I were very clear about what I was looking for.
--- Quote from: quarterback on March 21, 2005, 11:03:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: NIVO on March 21, 2005, 06:48:24 pm ---"Our R&D dept. has made many different test and mixed different materials and colours to get the most similar PUSH BUTTONS with traslucent bezel as per your samples."
Does anyone else get the impression that only the bezel area was made translucent and not the actual button itself?
--- End quote ---
My thoughts exactly.
Although they also say "the button does not get illuminated correctly"
I guess my question is, what exactly did you send to them shawnzilla? They say they're trying to make it as similar as possible to your samples. What 'samples' did you send them? If you sent them a light-up-translucent-button then they should know what you're looking for.
Did you send them a translucent button? A translucent bezel? Was there an LED or bulb involved?
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cholin:
So that means were all screwed over on the button situation...we were getting our hopes up for the "error"...guess we get Happs buttons now!
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shawnzilla:
:) Looks like I've gotten us a temporary stay of execution! They emailed me back this morning. First of all, they only made a bezel to test the color and not the plunger (he said that they stopped after he couldn't get them to light properly). So...he has asked the injection department to make the plunger and assemble a few complete samples for me. The samples are going to be blue, but it should give me a good feel for the translucency.
While not a total victory yet, it was a major step forward. I also pointed out that people are able to successfully light their non-translucent buttons, so a translucent material, polished or not, should be no problem.
Keep your fingers crossed. Once I get them (and I have a feeling it'll be a little while yet), I'll post some lighted and non-lighted pics. I have some of those brighter-than-the-sun blue leds from modsthatglow.com, so it should give us a good indicator if they are lightable or not.
daywane:
cool... way to stick to it.