diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst index 6ab0477..d0c2312 100644 --- a/readme.rst +++ b/readme.rst @@ -1746,35 +1746,36 @@ There are some drawbacks to this approach: - Known problems - 1) Most applications will respond to having their windows resized ok. Well, - applications that have followed the guidelines will. + #. Most applications will respond to having their windows resized ok. Well, + applications that have followed the guidelines will. - 2) Some applications have, shall we say, problems, when their window has - been resized and all sort of visual chaos will be revealed. + #. Some applications have, shall we say, problems, when their window has + been resized and all sort of visual chaos will be revealed. - 3) Some applications won't respond at all, which is rather strange! + #. Some applications won't respond at all, which is rather strange! - 4) Certain windows will 'jiggle' as you attempt to resize them, seemingly - resizing and then snapping back to their original size. This is annoying, - but we're not sure what is causing it. + #. Certain windows will 'jiggle' as you attempt to resize them, seemingly + resizing and then snapping back to their original size. This is + annoying, but we're not sure what is causing it. - 5) Some versions of Internet Explorer, coupled with certain version of - Windows98/NT seemed to crash with v1.0 of ResizeEnable. We don't have that - setup on any of our test machines so we can't test it. But, we have done a - little bit more work so ResizeEnable is a bit more choosy as to which - windows it can work with. So it -might- not crash anymore. If it still - crashes, then all we can suggest at the moment is that you upgrade to - Internet Explorer 6. We're not Microsoft pushers, but Internet Explorer 6 - has better error reporting and shouldn't just explode without warning. + #. Some versions of Internet Explorer, coupled with certain version of + Windows98/NT seemed to crash with v1.0 of ResizeEnable. We don't have + that setup on any of our test machines so we can't test it. But, we + have done a little bit more work so ResizeEnable is a bit more choosy as + to which windows it can work with. So it -might- not crash anymore. If + it still crashes, then all we can suggest at the moment is that you + upgrade to Internet Explorer 6. We're not Microsoft pushers, but + Internet Explorer 6 has better error reporting and shouldn't just + explode without warning. - 6) Some Microsoft applications have dialogs that can be resized, but none - of their contents move. This is down to the fact that the contents of the - dialog ARE NOT STANDARD MICROSOFT CONTROLS! They are some bastardisation - written specially for the application. They may look like normal - buttons/drop downs, but they sure as heck aren't! Hence, ResizeEnable can't - tell them to move or resize. Yet again, Microsoft ignore their own codebase - and reinvent the wheel. And people wonder why their applications are so - big.. + #. Some Microsoft applications have dialogs that can be resized, but none + of their contents move. This is down to the fact that the contents of + the dialog ARE NOT STANDARD MICROSOFT CONTROLS! They are some + bastardisation written specially for the application. They may look + like normal buttons/drop downs, but they sure as heck aren't! Hence, + ResizeEnable can't tell them to move or resize. Yet again, Microsoft + ignore their own codebase and reinvent the wheel. And people wonder why + their applications are so big.. .. [#resize_non_resizable_windows] http://www.thewindowsclub.com/resize-non-resizable-windows .. [#turn_non_resizable_windows] http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11799/turn-non-resizeable-windows-into-rezieable-windows/