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Guest
Lovely. Ta muchly!
C Dot C said:
G
Guest
I've finally figured out what was bugging me about Vista. Everything is too
big!
Take Windows Explorer for example. In the right hand pane you can see about
20% fewer folders in a maximised window than you can in XP.
Similar thing with Control Panel. All the icons seem to have grown.
Is there any way of changing the font size and spacing in Windows Explorer,
because this is just wasting lots of screen space.
big!
Take Windows Explorer for example. In the right hand pane you can see about
20% fewer folders in a maximised window than you can in XP.
Similar thing with Control Panel. All the icons seem to have grown.
Is there any way of changing the font size and spacing in Windows Explorer,
because this is just wasting lots of screen space.
J
Jeff Gaines
On 14/12/2006 in message
<[email protected]>
And have you seen the size of the icons when you drag and drop!!!
It's hard to see what MS is trying to achieve, as screens get shorter apps
have more and more rows of buttons etc. We'll end up with just one row of
text eventually.
Be nice to be able to change the font from the default kiddy font used in
Explorer as well.
<[email protected]>
And have you seen the size of the icons when you drag and drop!!!
It's hard to see what MS is trying to achieve, as screens get shorter apps
have more and more rows of buttons etc. We'll end up with just one row of
text eventually.
Be nice to be able to change the font from the default kiddy font used in
Explorer as well.
B
Bill
Have you tried right-clicking the desktop, select Personalize, and
then in the top left click the option to Adjust font size (DPI)?
C
C Dot C
Open the properties of the Windows Explorer icon
(right-click on the icon and click on Properties) and
change the Target to: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe d:
This will open Windows Explorer on the D: drive view.
(right-click on the icon and click on Properties) and
change the Target to: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe d:
This will open Windows Explorer on the D: drive view.
M
MicroFox
Dahhh... what have I been saying for months now???
that vista has a bad gui design?
I saw that problem the first second, not even minute of use... its horrible
that vista has a bad gui design?
I saw that problem the first second, not even minute of use... its horrible
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Nancy Ward
Don't know if this will help or not, but try it.
Right click on your desktop, then click on properties, then settings. You
will see two boxes, one for screen resolution and one for color quality. I
have a Samsung SyncMaster 930b 19" monitor, so I have my resolution set at
1152 x 864 pixels. I have my color quality set for the highest, which is 32
bit.
The higher the resolution, the smaller the icons on your screen. If your
screen resolution is set for 800 by 600 pixels, your print and icons will be
huge, and you can't run much of anything with that resolution. Jack it up to
1200 x whatever, and things will be much smaller.[/QUOTE]
Right click on your desktop, then click on properties, then settings. You
will see two boxes, one for screen resolution and one for color quality. I
have a Samsung SyncMaster 930b 19" monitor, so I have my resolution set at
1152 x 864 pixels. I have my color quality set for the highest, which is 32
bit.
The higher the resolution, the smaller the icons on your screen. If your
screen resolution is set for 800 by 600 pixels, your print and icons will be
huge, and you can't run much of anything with that resolution. Jack it up to
1200 x whatever, and things will be much smaller.[/QUOTE]
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Glenn
There is truth in what Nancy says, in that upping the screen resolution will
result in smaller icons and text. However, I wouldn't just randomly select
a higher screen resolution (unless you have a CRT monitor). The best choice
is whatever the NATIVE resolution of the monitor is (at least for LCD
monitors). I have a Samsung 19" (synchmaster 191T), whose native resolution
is 1280 x 1024. Native resolution is the number of actual pixels on the
screen. This is the best choice for picture quality. If you think text is
too small at this resolution, it is better to adjust the dpi settings under
the advanced button on the display properties tab. 96dpi is normal size,
and you can increase that little by little until you get what you want.
result in smaller icons and text. However, I wouldn't just randomly select
a higher screen resolution (unless you have a CRT monitor). The best choice
is whatever the NATIVE resolution of the monitor is (at least for LCD
monitors). I have a Samsung 19" (synchmaster 191T), whose native resolution
is 1280 x 1024. Native resolution is the number of actual pixels on the
screen. This is the best choice for picture quality. If you think text is
too small at this resolution, it is better to adjust the dpi settings under
the advanced button on the display properties tab. 96dpi is normal size,
and you can increase that little by little until you get what you want.
Nancy Ward said:
[/QUOTE]
G
Guest
That's not really a logical comparison. Screen resolutions have gone from
640x480 to 1600x1200 over the past decade. Not even a 3x increase.
Disks have one from less than 1 gb to 500gb in the same period.
Ultimately, practical, useable screen space on a Vista machine has been
decreased in favour of obese fonts and graphics.
640x480 to 1600x1200 over the past decade. Not even a 3x increase.
Disks have one from less than 1 gb to 500gb in the same period.
Ultimately, practical, useable screen space on a Vista machine has been
decreased in favour of obese fonts and graphics.
G
Guest
A new paradigm? How exactly? If it was really new I don't see how there
could even BE a Windows classic theme. Vista is predominantly a new GUI
Theme.
Take away the pretty graphics and Vista doesn't really do much more than XP
did. It has some new programs and added some features to existing ones.
Access Control is a good thing, but it's hardly a new paradigm. It's just
running as a minimum permission set and asking you for permission if you
want to do something as an admin.
BTW, click on Games from the Start menu. A pop-up window containing icons.
Very Windows 3.11...
could even BE a Windows classic theme. Vista is predominantly a new GUI
Theme.
Take away the pretty graphics and Vista doesn't really do much more than XP
did. It has some new programs and added some features to existing ones.
Access Control is a good thing, but it's hardly a new paradigm. It's just
running as a minimum permission set and asking you for permission if you
want to do something as an admin.
BTW, click on Games from the Start menu. A pop-up window containing icons.
Very Windows 3.11...
D
Dale
One of the good things about Vista is that Microsoft has taken a much bigger
leap than they have in the past toward dropping support for older
technologies. In fact, I think there is too much backward compatibility in
Vista.
Even now, we're stuck with supporting hardware originally built in the mid
1980s (32-bit x86 processors) with an operating system that still contains
code segments for supporting hardware originally built in the early 1980s
(16-bit x86 processors). I would love to see an operating system that
wasn't hindered at all by trying to support old hardware and software but
took full advantage of all the greatest hardware.
So, while I empathize with your problem - it's too bad you had to turn off
many of the new UI features in Vista to use it - my suggestion is to do like
you said yourself: get a new monitor.
Dale
leap than they have in the past toward dropping support for older
technologies. In fact, I think there is too much backward compatibility in
Vista.
Even now, we're stuck with supporting hardware originally built in the mid
1980s (32-bit x86 processors) with an operating system that still contains
code segments for supporting hardware originally built in the early 1980s
(16-bit x86 processors). I would love to see an operating system that
wasn't hindered at all by trying to support old hardware and software but
took full advantage of all the greatest hardware.
So, while I empathize with your problem - it's too bad you had to turn off
many of the new UI features in Vista to use it - my suggestion is to do like
you said yourself: get a new monitor.
Dale
[/QUOTE]Hi Nancy,
Screen resolution is not the issue. I'm talking about a like for like
comparison between XP and Vista both running at 1024 x 768 (yes, I know I
need a new monitor...
M
MicroFox
LOL! what is your opinion about IE7?
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Dale
And if you go to DOS, you'll have much more available hard drive space after
the OS installation.
Comparisons to other OSs are not always logical. Vista is a new operating
system with new hardware requirements. It is a new paradigm and you can't
compare it to the old. The key to using Vista satisfactorily is to get
hardware that works with Vista to give you the experience that you need with
Vista, not the experience you had with Windows 3.1.
Dale
the OS installation.
Comparisons to other OSs are not always logical. Vista is a new operating
system with new hardware requirements. It is a new paradigm and you can't
compare it to the old. The key to using Vista satisfactorily is to get
hardware that works with Vista to give you the experience that you need with
Vista, not the experience you had with Windows 3.1.
Dale
J
Jeff Gaines
On 15/12/2006 in message
<[email protected]>
Absolutely, in fact a proper 'pro' version of Vista where we can choose
when to defrag, we can decide what sort of partition to create etc. What
we seem to be getting is 'Vista for kiddies'. I am finding it such a pain
to find my way around that in some respects it would be easier to move to
Linux than Vista.
<[email protected]>
Absolutely, in fact a proper 'pro' version of Vista where we can choose
when to defrag, we can decide what sort of partition to create etc. What
we seem to be getting is 'Vista for kiddies'. I am finding it such a pain
to find my way around that in some respects it would be easier to move to
Linux than Vista.
D
Dale
I've tried moving to Linux. It ain't easy!
Dale
Dale
J
Jeff Gaines
Treats you as an adult though, lets you do what you want to when you want
to