An oversight that needs attention, please

[M9.]

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Basil Chupin schreef:
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>> Basil Chupin schreef:
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>>> M9. wrote:
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>>>> Basil Chupin schreef:
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>>>>> It appears that smart has been written with a normal 4:3 monitor
>>>>> screen
>>>>> in mind and a widescreen monitor, with a 16:10 ratio, is not catered
>>>>> for.
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>>>>> I have a widescreen monitor and an upgrade by smart could not complete
>>>>> because files were not available at one of the channels. When this
>>>>> occurred, smart put to screen the usual error message - which took up
>>>>> the height of the full screen, but because of my widescreen monitor
>>>>> the
>>>>> bottom of the error message was invisible (below the bottom of the
>>>>> screen) and there was no way to click on the "OK" to close the
>>>>> message.
>>>>> The only recourse I could see was to go the quick CTRL-ALT-ESC
>>>>> route and
>>>>> kill smart and so get rid of the error message.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know that it would probably be a PITA to do this, but couldn't a
>>>>> scrollbar be added for those occasions when the error message exceeds
>>>>> the height of the display screen?
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless, of course, there is already a way to overcome this obstacle
>>>>> which I am not aware of in which case I would be grateful if someone
>>>>> would tell me what it is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers.
>>>>>
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>>>> what about holding down left-alt, while pushing down left mouse-button?
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>>> Thank you - the next time I get the very large list of uncompleted
>>> downloads I'll try this finger-exercise.
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>>> Cheers.
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>> Lol, sure you can take the *** message and drag it up to get to some
>> button....
> Well it sure works as you described. Got through ~5 pages of the error
> message using this method to get to the OK button. One learns something
> new everyday.
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> Cheers.

I fullhartedly agree to that...
I have never in my life seen one day the same as another  :-)
(And believe me, i was glad when i learned that, after being in a same
situation...)
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Have a nice day,

M9.               Now, is the only time that exists.



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