Object Dock 2: glitch with large fonts.

Standard Windows feature can all dialog boxes unreadable. =(

There is standard Windows feature that allows to change font size system-wide. Many people with eyesight impairments choose to make fonts bigger, to avoid eye strain and tiredness. You can find more about this feature here:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Make-the-text-on-your-screen-larger-or-smaller

If you choose font size larger than default, all ObjectDock 2.0 dialog boxes become messed up and hardly readable, with words and entire sentences moved off-screen:

ObjectDock messed up by large fonts.

Something should be done about that! =(

This is common problem with many apps (non-Stardock as well), so I believe that there should be an easy solution on Microsoft or other developer forums.

P.S. OD is still bad replacement for Windows taskbar. When I get messages on Skype, its icon doesn't bounce, so I have to keep both quicklaunch and tray icons of Skype. Something must be done to system tray display. It's ON THE LEFT SIDE, for some reason, and all the icons are heavily blurred due to strong magnification. O_o It is also unclear which window is currently active, and how many sub-windows are open by each application. But I still hope that you guys will overcome everything and make ObjectDock the best desktop enhancement tool (after WindowsBlinds, of course). =)

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Reply #1 Top

The large DPI font issue is not easy to correct, as I believe it would involve a UI redesign. 

Reply #2 Top

I believe it would involve just redefining font sizes, so that Windows ignores global font size settings for ObjectDock UI. I also believe that this issue is discussed on lots of developer forums. I also believe that WindowsBlinds somehow works around these font issues (at least when I applied WindowsBlinds themes, the fonts returned back to small sizes for most window elements).

As mentioned in another thread, UI requires some work anyway, for example there are backup/restore functions missing from it.

Don't give up, guys! You can do it! =)

Reply #3 Top

I'm guessing if the window (including menu windows) wasn't designed to re-size, big fonts won't fit