At 01:49 PM 3/16/04 -0500, Phil Daley wrote: >I can't imagine needing to see more than a whole page at once, in 100% page >view, that would take up about a half a screen. >I can't image what possible purpose there would be in maximizing a scroll >view. Whole width, obviously, but maximized would have at least 50% of the >screen blank below the scroll view. I guess, if I were writing a whole >score of parts, like an orchestra, that could be useful. I rarely write >more than 8 staves.
That might explain it. If I could have a screen the size of my desk, it still wouldn't be enough. Every application is always maximized if it allows that (and these "designy" applications with fixed borders -- arrgh!). In applications I use often, I kill as many icons as I can & replace them with abbreviated text, and make the remaining icons as small as I can. I want every pixel to be workspace, not borders & designs & trinkets & widgets & other droppings of some software designer's ego. I turn off 3D presentation so borders can be thin, and in Finale, I use the older small icons. There's *never* enough screen space -- I just got through working with a team engraving a score with some 60 distinct parts. Trying to drag and drop items from one part to another, or several measures down the line, was a major task. And when I'm composing right to Finale, I find the lack of screen real estate maddening. I have to resort to -- *gasp* -- paper so I can spread the pages out. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
