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0 pointslelanthran2y ago0 comments

> The start menu width does not change with the screen width,

With respect, you're missing the point - the start menu width does not change with screen width, so on a smaller screen the start menu takes up more space.

You're comparing a ~800px-wide screen with a ~1400px wide screen - obviously the narrower screen is going to lose more to the start menu than the wider screen, even when the menu itself is exactly the same pixel size in both screens.

> here’s a smaller screenshot of Vista in English: https://betawiki.net/images/3/35/WindowsVista-6.0.6002.18005...

That's still much, much larger than the polish version you supplied. Why not show images of the polish version and the english version with the same resolution?

TBH, I get very skeptical when doctored evidence is produced in support of an argument. Your argument might have been better received had you produced no evidence at all rather than misleading evidence.

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Kwpolska2y ago· 1 in thread

How is this doctored? It’s hard to find screenshots at an exact size. But if you really can’t see the difference, here are screenshots from clean installs in both languages at two resolutions:

https://i.ibb.co/CByXH82/Vista-Start800.png

https://i.ibb.co/CWLvgn5/Vista-Start1024.png

lelanthranOP2y ago

I see what you mean with your original post - I have to sadly admit that I read your post wrong (you weren't unclear, I was just not reading properly).

In my initial reading, I looked at the images and assumed you were talking about the reduced real-estate in the rest of the screen due to the expanded menu. Reading more carefully, you were talking about the extra added space on the right margins.

Now that I see what you are talking about, I admit, yes, there is significant extra space on the right margin, but I disagree that it deserves the description of "awful". It's not ideal, but it's not really awful either - readable, understandable and easy on the eyes.

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