RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

[Frank Paris]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurie Solomon
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 11:05 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution
>
>
> I concur with you that fixed fonts, menus, dialog boxes, and tool
> boxes are
> a design decision by Adobe.  My understanding from posts over the
> years in a
> number of forums and mailing lists was that the decision was made that it
> was too much of a pain in the programming ass to program for
> dynamic dialog
> boxes and fonts in their interface because any change in font size toward
> the larger would overrun the space allocated for buttons, dialog
> boxes, and
> menus while allowing for dynamic dialog boxes, buttons, palettes,
> etc. makes
> laying out the interface very complex and costly.

I can't speak for the Macintosh, but under Windows this all happens
automatically. You have to go out of your way to stop it.


Frank Paris
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