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Request opinions on MDI buttons

September 29, 2003 7:00:39 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I am currently working on a skin that I am considering using large round MDI buttons. About 1 1/2 times the size of the Windows Luna buttons. I have noticed that a lot of skins have very small buttons which I find unhandy. They would be plain in the normal state and show a graphic of some sort in the mouseover state. Thanks for your input.
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Reply #1 September 29, 2003 7:20:52 PM
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well reason them being small, is they can only be one size for them to work correctly, 180x15 pix otherwise they will get crushed or streched.
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Reply #2 September 30, 2003 3:06:51 AM
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Not so. I have already made them larger. Of course I had to double the height of the top bar. They work quite well, but I was wondering how they would be accepted by the "general population" here.
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Reply #3 September 30, 2003 3:42:14 AM
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Do you mean you made the menu bar double height? That is where the MDI buttons appear. I didn't think that was possible either. I'd like to see a screenshot.
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Reply #4 September 30, 2003 3:41:51 PM
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Working on it.
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Reply #5 September 30, 2003 3:53:14 PM
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OK, click my name to see the screenshot. I can make it bigger if you'd like. Thanks.
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Reply #6 September 30, 2003 5:37:30 PM
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I don't see any MDI buttons in that screenshot........... just huge Titlebar buttons. 



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Reply #7 September 30, 2003 5:46:41 PM
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Oops! My fart. I mean fault. I would like opinions on large TITLEBAR buttons.
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Reply #8 September 30, 2003 6:23:11 PM
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I personally hate teeny tiny titlebar buttons.Fitts law states an interfaces usability is directly influenced by how much effort is required to access any function,so bigger is better...to a point.
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Reply #9 October 1, 2003 3:24:34 AM
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I have a question about the MDI mouseovers & states. The mouseovers look great in the Skinstudio preview box but do not work in the menubar in Skinstudio or most other programs. I also have the problem where the pressed state "sticks" after the button is used the first time. (the button still works)
Any ideas, comments??



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Reply #10 October 1, 2003 3:27:20 AM
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Forgot one, The close button seems to have more space between it and the max button than there is between the max-min buttons. I've looked for some way to modify their locations but so far no luck.




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Reply #11 October 1, 2003 4:58:55 AM
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essorant has a couple of skins with larger titlebar buttons (well they range from small to large)
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=pabulum&sort=Skin&order=Descending&library=1
that I always thought looked very good. I don't particularly like the teeny ones because they are so hard to hit.
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