From: Stuart F. Biggar (Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.Arizona.EDU)
Date: Tue Feb 13 2001 - 16:35:57 EST
Bob,
A great idea - however it breaks one app we
use (ENVI from Research Systems). Menus
get truncated on my A21p with schemes other
than Windows Standard. (A21P with Win2000).
Funny thing is the Unix version of ENVI running
under Sun Solaris on the A21P seems to work
OK with changing font sizes. I guess some
of these multi-platform apps aren't ported
from one OS to another quite correctly ...
Have others had fun with certain apps running
OK under NT4 SP6a and not working correctly
on Win2K? For example Eudora 4.3 works fine
on my 770E running NT4 SP6a but does NOT work
if Netscape 4.76 is running under Win2000 on
my A21P. Version 5 works OK with Win2000 and
Netscape 4.76 on the A21P.
Stuart
>
> Go to desktop, properties, appearance, choose scheme "windows desktop large"
> or extralarge. It will enlarge all fonts, change icon spacing, etc. If you
> change the font values individually and don't like them you'll have to
> change them back individually. If you choose a scheme, the values are
> changed at the same time.
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>
> To: "sylme" <sylme_at_free.fr>; "TP List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 13:20
> Subject: Re: A21 review
>
>
> > > I've switched Windoze (2k) to Large Fonts, which made things better.
> > > BUT, many applications are not affected by this. For example, Outlook
> > > Express, which I'm using right now, still displays tiny fonts in most
> > > windows.
> >
> > The font size in Outlook Express is easily changed (however, reading fonts
> > and composing fonts
> > need to be changed in two different places, suggesting that the function
> was
> > an afterthought)
> >
> > Overall I somewhat agree with the complaint - I regularly use several
> legacy
> > apps (both Windows
> > and Dos) with fixed bitmap fonts, and therefore have avoided the
> > dense-resolution displays.
> >
> > - David R.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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