Hi,
I’m trying the avast! Home Edition and found problems with my resolution. I have to use the 1400x1050 resolution with 103dpi because the fonts are very small with the normal (96dpi).
Many programs have already thought about this…
See this images:
Are you using some Windows StyleXP theme or WindowBlinds to change appereance of your GUI (Graphical User Interface) in Windows ?
That could be answer to your problem…
Second thing, try changing font size in Windows in DISPLAY PROPERTIES / Appereance… make it NORMAL…
Hope this helps !
Cheers !
I tried with the Windows Classic style, and have the same problem.
I don’t want to use the NORMAL dpi, because, as I already said, the fonts size is very small with this resolution…
And the problems only exists in the pictures that I put here…
Well, can’t have both my friend…
That’s the way how hi-resolutions works. Size “Normal” of the fonts, indicates that this is normal size, and it should stay on normal.
Why don’t you use 1024x768 pixels resolution ? I’m using that one and believe me it’s more than enough for all my graphic work I do… sometimes, I have more than 5 different applications opened at the same time…
Why do you need to use such non-standard resolution?
Some special display(screen)?
Because I use a Notebook with 15", and all the new notebooks have a better support for this resolution…
See this Technical specification about my notebook, here
Before I buy this Notebook, I use that resolution, but with the new notebook with 15" you can’t use it…
Then, you have to alarm Vlk or Igor my friend… Maybe they can do something about that font we can see on your screenshots…
I can see that font on the left hand side is smaller than the font on the right side… maybe they should make both fonts small as left one…
Point their attention to this thread and let us know what they answered to you…
Cheers !
I’m afraid I already tried to find a workaround for the problem with the big fonts and links, but I didn’t succeed. It’s implemented somewhere deep inside the graphical library…
I can easily resize the control in the registration dialog (there’s plenty of space below there), but that’s about all. The size of the splash screen is given by the size of the background bitmap, and the text on the left side can be rather long, so I don’t want to enlarge the “Stop” button and shrink the other controls. There are a few other problems on other places (the “link” text is too big and clipped occasionally).
OK, no problem 
Nobody uses 1024x768 on their boxes anymore, do they? 
I’ve used at least 1280x1024, my main is at 1600x1200 for about 2 years.
But I didn’t notice this problem, perhaps its my font size or whatever.
It’s not quite like that… there are still some people who uses their 15" monitor, I know few people still uses 14" monitors… they don’t have money to buy new ones, and if they have they like to spend that on some other parts, more important for them at that point…
Actually, I know some people at those comapanies (our customers) where I service computers, they still use 640x480 (Win 95). You should see that… og my God… icons like half of their screen… ;D
I have 17" Dell beautiful monitor, and I still use 1024x768… I don’t wanna kill my eyes with higher resolutions, untill I buy something bigger ;D I hope soon…
Kobra, we know that you have a fast CPU, lots of memory and harddisk, high resolution, and whatever else fast, big and high you may have. The fact is, however, that other people may have different needs or preferences.
I personally use 1024x768 on 17", 1152x864 on 19" and 1280x960 on 21" (which is always the same pixel size, as you can easily check). I find using 1600x1200 on anything smaller than 22" sort of crazy (and most people don’t have 22", do they? :))
Anyway, the original problem isn’t related to the resolution, but rather to “big fonts” setting that changes the common proportions.
I guess old habits die hard – picked up a new 17" over the winter, and I still keep it at 800x600 with extremely rare exceptions.
I have a Dell 17" CRT monitor and the max I can get it to is 1152x864 and that is more than enough for my eyes and 96dpi
I am hoping to get a TFT 17" or 19" (and in both of these I have seen 1200x??? native resolution), you tend to use the native resolution for best results on TFT.
Wow I admire you guys how you can work on those small screens (especially CRT)… 
I sometimes have to remind myself not everyone can get super cheap computer hardware in various countries around the world. Here, a 20" monitor will set you back between $79-$130 or so. I picked up a 20" Samsung for $125, brand new a few weeks ago. Next to those Samsungs, were 20" refurb (totally like new) Viewsonics for $79 each, all in boxes, with 1 year warranties.
Talk about cheap. Sheesh… The land of disposable electronics!
I’m pretty happy with my 21’’ LCD - but the price was a bit different… :-[
Oh, I can get good prices too – but there’s other factors involved, don’t forget. My (relatively) new 17" is a conventional CRT, and it’s deep enough (that is, front to back) that anything bigger would be wobbling precariously over the front of my desk.
This forums gathers people from all around the world, not just from USA or Canada or some other financialy stable countries… I still have friends in Croatia and in other parts of former Yugoslavia. It’s sad that there is still no chance for some of them to buy 17" monitor… it’s still like a dream for some people, and I can understand that. I’m telling this because I came from there, and I know exactly what’s the feeling… you could just dream about some things… nothing else…
That’s why I know how to respect small things and people who are still unable to affort those things…