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echo: nthelp
to: Frank Haber
from: Ellen K
date: 2004-10-29 01:48:52
subject: Re: Organizing source code

We had people showing up in our Persons table with as many as 222 children
because the space in the spinner control was too small for them to see what
they were typing and it apparently doesn't on its own limit input to the
set of numbers defined for it. 

> From: "Frank Haber" 
>> . are hard to see
> They're fl1ipping HARD T0 SEE, in any proportional Windows font, until it
> "goes bold" (what, about 16-18 pt. at typical 72-96 dpi screenfont
> resolution)?
> I wonder how many $111l1.11 invoices have gone through in e-commerce because
> someone counldn't read the number?  DLL hell?  How about
> L-helllllllllllllllllll?
>Ever use UltraVision on a DOS char-mode screen?  Unequalled legibility, as far
> as I'm concerned.

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