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Chris Jackson's Semantic Consonance

Windows Application Compatibility in the Real World

June 2006 - Posts

Why Did My Windows Vista Glass Go Away When I Maximized My Window?
Up front notice: I am neither the designer nor the developer of the window chrome in Windows Vista. I have been using Windows Vista Beta 2 as my primary operating system since it was released. My overall impression so far: it is really, really tight. Read More...
Marshaling the U.S. Open Golf Tournament
I have been somewhat distracted lately, so it has been a while since I posted. I have been knee deep in a number of projects I am working on with one of our customers, and last week, I was volunteering as a Marshal at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament. Working Read More...
Light Up Your Fonts on Vista: Selecting Segoe UI Using GetThemeSysFont, NONCLIENTMETRICS, or SystemFonts.MessageBoxFont
Last time around, I suggested, "Let's see if I can talk about something other than rendering text next time around..." It looks like the answer to that one is no. Windows Vista has reached Beta 2, and we are already beginning to see documentation around Read More...
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