At 3/16/2004 01:57 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:

>You never zoom past 100%?

Why would I? Everything is readable at that point.

>Again, I have a feeling you might be in the minority.

I don't think I ever said I wasn't.

>> 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.
>
>But so what?  What's the problem here?  What else do you need to see
>when you are working on a single Finale file?

Oh, perhaps you are a full-time composer?

I actually have a "real" job and can only compose during snippets of spare time.

For instance, if I make a change to a global header file, when I recompile, it takes 15-20 minutes. That gives me the opportunity to switch to Finale and add a few bars. But I have to monitor email, IM and the compile status. I need to see some part of all the windows at once.

>Also, scroll view and page view have different ideal screen
>configurations.  Scroll view screens want to be as long as possible,
>and page view screens want to be as tall as possible.  Unless you want
>to modify your window size every time you switch views, the best
>solution is to have a window that both as long and as tall as your
>screen allows.

I agree, if that was the only thing you are doing. Since I am always doing multiple things at a time, I always switch the screen size when changing modes. Since that is such a drag, i usually don't switch modes, until I have more time to fool around with whole page stuff.

>Anyway, like David said, I'm not trying to force maximized screens on
>those what don't want 'em, I'm just trying to get Finale to behave like
>other OS X applications.

That seems like a good goal.

I have used Unix X-Windows and it is the worst windowing stuff I have ever seen. I have also tried to write GUI applications in Java, and it is a hopeless cause.

Phil Daley          < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley

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