As a longtime Delphi developer as well as a WindowBlinds customer, I'm wondering why it is that I can always tell which applications were written in Delphi because the WindowBlinds + ClearType combination messes up menus. If you wish to see screenshots, let me know.
A good example is easy to make. With WindowBlinds and one of the new vista skins installed, AND ClearType enabled (although this happens on old skins as well), Left click on the StarDock Central icon in the task tray. You'll see dark menu text with light shadows that looks horrible. Looks like ClearType is trying to anti-alias the menus and the result is soup. Then right click on one of the other taskbar menus that are 'standard', such as the Network Connections icon, and notice the menu looks fine.
This is always true with applications that are written with the Delphi TMenu component. I don't know whether the blame belongs with the TMenu component or with WindowBlinds or with ClearType (although I don't remember this happening with ClearType and NO windowblinds). I have friends at Borland on the Delphi team and can ask them to investigate this, but I wanted to ask you guys first, since WB5 is the final straw in the 'mess-up' of the menus, and your own products (apparently written with Borland software), exhibit these characteristics.
Thanks,
Randy Magruder
