> How about copying IE's setting dialog and its' help popups (which both are
> usable in 640x480): http://iki.fi/tumu/ie_settings.png (try right mouse
> button too).

Er, what, did I miss something?  As far as I can tell, the right mouse
button does *nothing* in the IE settings dialogs.  You can't drag the window
using the right mouse button *or* any button for that matter, unless you
drag the title bar.  IE's settings dialogs do appear to be designed to work
on 640x480 screens, and fit fully on the display, whereas Freenet's do not.
What more can I say? I mean, sure, we could redesign the dialog boxes so
that the fit on a 640x480 screen ;  or, we could not.

Unless you are suggesting we should actually copy the stylings of the IE
dialog (because, like, Freenet and IE are similar).

Hands up those users who use 640x480 resolution, even on their 'spare'
Windows (R) PCs?  Hands up those users who are *unable* to use a 800x600
resolution on their current hardware (hence indicative of non-shared 256KB
max dedicated video RAM).  Well, I'm sorry.  Times have changed, please
download some virtual desktop software that allows you to scroll the screen
or put up with the fact that software applications have moved on in the last
7 years.

I'm not suggesting that 640x480 is outdated - rather that 640x480 as a
'maximum supported' resolution really is not indicative of the modern
computer user and that personal computer technology has supported better for
over ten years  (that's 1992 to you and me)

Yes, I'm ranting.  Yes, I've been drinking.

d


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