Hi,
On 2016-02-11 00:01:41 +0100 Gregory Casamento
<[email protected]> wrote:
I'm wondering why we having heard all of these issues from apps which
are
in production with the windows theme... not just production but wide
spread
production (e.g. TestPlant).
e.g... the only single example you know.
The most evident fault with refresh can be seen with PopUp buttons and
Menus. Several (but not *all* of them, why it is obscure) will not
update their selection upon.. slection. SO the user can't really see
what he selected. Or, if they work isntead, they are surrounded by an
ugly border.
This per se is a blocker. I remember there were other issues, but need
to check. Right now I only test the theme, while all users stick with
the standard theme in production use.
Perhaps your "wide spread" production user never attempted to have a
menu that does not fit on a screen and scroll? With an external
monitor or a beamer attached?
Perhaps your "wide spread" production user doesn't make extensive use
of tables either.
If it's so crashy why has none of this been reported? Additionally, I
The crash is difficult to reproduce, but it is there. I have people
working for hours with a certain application. Using the standard
theme, it works. Using the WinUX theme at one point (might be one hour
or more) it will have issues finding base and gui DLLs, while cliking
or even refreshing the use interface. If it weren't wor the extreme
usage that the application gets without the Theme, I wouldn't
attribute it to WinUX, but it has been proven by difference on
different Windows setups, both Win7 and Win8.
haven't seen a crash in it. We already have a solution for
in-windows
menus which brings up a default document when the theme is active.
That solution is a palliative and is not generic. Not all application
are required to have a "default" document, since that works only for
Editors and not viewers.
So.... you're point is!?
Simple: it is nice, it can have its uses, but it is absolutely not
ready for prime time. Worse: While the standard theme is out of place
it works and provides most features, while the WinUX theme will leave
the user with a spotty working interface, thus giving the already
spotty GS usage a dent.
Given that I spent countless nights (with kind support of a colleague
knowledgeable of windows) to figure out why weren't theming properly
on windows7 and window8 in a "true native" way but in some sort of
legacy mode (and fixing it), I may qualify as interested. But I can't
deploy two specific apps with it in production and e.g. other apps
like PRICE and LaternaMagica experience glitches with the WinUX native
theme.
If bug fixes will happen, perhaps with the next release. If no fixes,
then it stays as is.
Riccardo
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