MSEide+MSEgui Reviews

[Edit 2018-06-14] It turns out that there is a readme.txt and you can change the font size of the gui by insuring that the shortcut link has the following code (without the brackets) added after the program name. [ --fontalias=stf_default,,16 ] I.E. mseide.exe --fontalias=stf_default,,16 This is similar to starting the profile manager in Firefox To be sure, windows likes to be on the temperamental side with this so if you have a space in the path name as follows, you will need to enclose it with quotes "D:\Program Files\mseide_i386_win32_4_6\bin\mseide.exe" --fontalias=stf_default,,16 The developer has chosen to not include a GUI font setting in the preferences or the settings panel for the purpose of compatibility. Personally, I don't buy the logic, but there is a work around to increase the size of the font to make the GUI usable for those who have visual limitations like me. While the program loads fast and is written with portability in mind, it's usefulness is limited to only those individuals with 20/20 vision. Anyone with visual limitations that require larger than standard fonts will not be able to utilize this program without incurring severe eyestrain as the environment does not allow for one to change the font size of the program. Most programs tend to reflect the desktop settings so if the user went through the trouble of setting up their desktop environment to show larger fonts, this is reflected in the programs interface. MSEide+MSEgui does not follow this standard what's worse is that MSEide+MSEgui does not provide a way for the user to make these adjustments in the IDE. This lack of environment font size adjust-ability reflects a very bad attitude amongst the developer community in general however, MSEide+MSEgui utilizing the MS standard of setting the font size to 8 or lower is MSUEI (pronounced meh-sue-eye) which is an initialism that stands for Moronic, Stupid, Unthinking, Educated, Idiot. Why is it that the developer community as a whole does not take into consideration the absolute, self evident truth that the higher the resolution that a computer monitor is set at, the smaller the elements on the desktop get and the harder it is for text to be read which necessitates the text needing to be increased in font size? Apparently, people with 20/20 vision do not have very good insight into best practices when it comes to programing Graphical User Interfaces. [Edit] There is the additional issue of the always on top setting. No program, regardless of it's purpose should ever be always on top thereby preventing other programs from being utilized.

Mseide-msegui is perfect! Thanks.