OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello MAU, Thursday, October 28, 2004, 10:54:55 PM, you wrote: What is ClearType, something specific to XP? It is the software based anti-aliasing for on-screen fonts. The results depend on the screen type (its said to be best on LCD monitors). Well, personally, I can't get used to it. A lot

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Manuel Breitfeld
Hello Alexander, on 29.10.2004 at 09:18 you wrote: The worst thing about ClearType is that you can *only* adjust your cleartype settings by visiting a M$ website with IE + an ActiveX control (someone please correct me, I'd be more than happy). As far as I know, e.g. TuneUp Utilities (2004)

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Manuel, Friday, October 29, 2004, 9:22:27 AM, you wrote: The worst thing about ClearType is that you can *only* adjust your cleartype settings by visiting a M$ website with IE + an ActiveX control (someone please correct me, I'd be more than happy). As far as I know, e.g. TuneUp

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Daniel Vollmer
Hello Alexander, Friday, October 29, 2004, 09:17:11, you wrote: The worst thing about ClearType is that you can *only* adjust your cleartype settings by visiting a M$ website with IE + an ActiveX control (someone please correct me, I'd be more than happy). In my days without internet

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Allie Martin everyone else 29-Okt-2004 13:37, you wrote: Seems like you need a decent monitor I don't think so. NEC 1760NX connected via DVI. Cleartype enhances font appearance. But its just another automatic and more or less dumb routine, thats why it doesn't work for every font...

Re: OT: Cleartype (was: Weird LCD monitor bug)

2004-10-29 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Daniel Vollmer everyone else 29-Okt-2004 09:30, you wrote: In my days without internet connection I made a tiny ClearType adjuster for offline use (20k). It still needs IE and ActiveX, but only for the local zone. You can find it here: http://www.maven.de/code/cleartype.zip I just

Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Gannushkin
Hi All, Look at those screenshots. When the email is created on the computer with the LCD monitor TB! starts to screw up part of the status bar. If I start clicking to the, lets say, English area of it, then the text on the block type, cursor mode, account name and the character set will be

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Fjelsten
Peter, On 28-10-2004 17:22, you [PG] wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: PG Look at those screenshots. When the email is created on the computer PG with the LCD monitor TB! starts to screw up part of the status bar. I also get this sometimes in the Log panel - and I am on a 22'' CRT running

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Peter Gannushkin everyone else 28-Okt-2004 17:22, you wrote: Look at those screenshots. When the email is created on the computer with the LCD monitor TB! starts to screw up part of the status bar. If I start clicking to the, lets say, English area of it, then the text on the block

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Gannushkin
Hi Alexander, Look at those screenshots. Have you tried disabling ClearType? I did not, but as it happens only with TB! and only with this particular parts of the status messages, I would consider that it is TB's problem. -- All the best, Peter Gannushkin URL: http://downtownmusic.net/

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Peter Gannushkin everyone else 28-Okt-2004 18:27, you wrote: Have you tried disabling ClearType? I did not, but as it happens only with TB! and only with this particular parts of the status messages, I would consider that it is TB's problem. Yes, but maybe its ClearType related

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Gannushkin
Hi Alexander, Have you tried disabling ClearType? I did not, but as it happens only with TB! and only with this particular parts of the status messages, I would consider that it is TB's problem. Yes, but maybe its ClearType related nevertheless... It is obviously ClearType related. TB!

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Peter Gannushkin everyone else 28-Okt-2004 18:53, you wrote: It is obviously ClearType related. TB! redraws the status bar somehow weird which makes the ClearType adjust more and more of a shadow. I just turned on ClearType (could've done that earlier, yes...), and yes, I can confirm

Re[2]: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Alexey N. Vinogradov
Hello, Peter. You wrote 29.10.2004 @ 1:53 PG It is obviously ClearType related. TB! redraws the status bar somehow PG weird which makes the ClearType adjust more and more of a shadow. It is an issue of used output method of GDI context device. There are two methods exists: Opaque, when the

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Allie Martin
On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Alexander S. Kunz wrote: I just turned on ClearType (could've done that earlier, yes...), and yes, I can confirm the bug. Checked further - it was already there in v3.01.33 Confirmed here as well. -- -=[ Allie ]=- ... Alzheimers advantage: New

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread MAU
Hello Alexander, Have you tried disabling ClearType? What is ClearType, something specific to XP? -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.0.2.2 Rush on Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 Current beta

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Gannushkin
Hi MAU, Have you tried disabling ClearType? What is ClearType, something specific to XP? Something specific to LCD monitors. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx -- All the best, Peter Gannushkin URL: http://downtownmusic.net/

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread MAU
Hello Peter, Have you tried disabling ClearType? What is ClearType, something specific to XP? Something specific to LCD monitors. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx Yes, I understood it has to do with LCD monitors. But I have an LCD monitor and had never heard about it,

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Peter, On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:22:05 -0400GMT (28-10-2004, 17:22 +0200, where I live), you wrote: PG Look at those screenshots. When the email is created on the computer PG with the LCD monitor TB! starts to screw up part of the status bar. If PG I start clicking to the, lets say, English

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Roelof, On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:02:22 +0200GMT (29-10-2004, 0:02 +0200, where I live), you wrote: PG Look at those screenshots. When the email is created on the computer PG with the LCD monitor TB! starts to screw up part of the status bar. If PG I start clicking to the, lets say, English

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Allie Martin
On Thursday, October 28, 2004, at 04:03 PM, Peter Gannushkin wrote: Something specific to LCD monitors. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx Though designed for LCD monitors, it makes a great difference on CRT monitors. I couldn't do without it while using my last CRT

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Peter Gannushkin
Hello MAU, Something specific to LCD monitors. http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeInfo.mspx M Yes, I understood it has to do with LCD monitors. But I have an LCD M monitor and had never heard about it, therefore my question. And, as I M can see in the link you provided, it is only

Re: Weird LCD monitor bug

2004-10-28 Thread Zygmunt Wereszczynski
On Friday, October 29, 2004, at 19:06:42 [UTC-0400] (Friday, October 29, 2004 01:06 my local time) Peter Gannushkin wrote: M Yes, I understood it has to do with LCD monitors. But I have an LCD M monitor and had never heard about it, therefore my question. And, as I M can see in the link you