Vista - Unusable Windows Mail UI - Aero Basic

Hi,

I have Vista Beta2 installed on my Toshiba M200 tablet PC. Since I do not
have a 128 MB Graphics card I can't run full Aero, fine. But with the basic
Aero when I start Windows Email the UI looks totally unusable on this
Toshiba M200 laptop screen. The basic problem seems to be that the dividers
between different panes are in a very light shade of grey which apprently
can't be very well seen on the laptop screen. I have tried to position my
screen at various angles but still I can hardly see the dividers between the
different panes.

Is this a problem for others?

Regards,
Saurabh Nandu
www.MasterCSharp.com

Don't worry, they're almost completely invisible with the Aero Glass theme
too.

"Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
news:9B1204EC-3C60-47EE-B9D0-55251A25674C@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have Vista Beta2 installed on my Toshiba M200 tablet PC. Since I do not
> have a 128 MB Graphics card I can't run full Aero, fine. But with the
> basic Aero when I start Windows Email the UI looks totally unusable on
> this Toshiba M200 laptop screen. The basic problem seems to be that the
> dividers between different panes are in a very light shade of grey which
> apprently can't be very well seen on the laptop screen. I have tried to
> position my screen at various angles but still I can hardly see the
> dividers between the different panes.
>
> Is this a problem for others?
>
> Regards,
> Saurabh Nandu
> www.MasterCSharp.com

This should change in a future build, since Aero Basic has been deemed by
Microsoft lower quality than even XPs Luna theme.
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"Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have Vista Beta2 installed on my Toshiba M200 tablet PC. Since I do not
> have a 128 MB Graphics card I can't run full Aero, fine. But with the
> basic Aero when I start Windows Email the UI looks totally unusable on
> this Toshiba M200 laptop screen. The basic problem seems to be that the
> dividers between different panes are in a very light shade of grey which
> apprently can't be very well seen on the laptop screen. I have tried to
> position my screen at various angles but still I can hardly see the
> dividers between the different panes.
>
> Is this a problem for others?
>
> Regards,
> Saurabh Nandu
> www.MasterCSharp.com

Damn right - Aero Basic really sucks compared to Luna or Royale. Loads of
people have dubbed it "Scrap Metal" theme, which they'd be right.

Check the differences:
http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...kborderwindows

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This should change in a future build, since Aero Basic has been deemed by
> Microsoft lower quality than even XPs Luna theme.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
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> "Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
> news:9B1204EC-3C60-47EE-B9D0-55251A25674C@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Vista Beta2 installed on my Toshiba M200 tablet PC. Since I do not
>> have a 128 MB Graphics card I can't run full Aero, fine. But with the
>> basic Aero when I start Windows Email the UI looks totally unusable on
>> this Toshiba M200 laptop screen. The basic problem seems to be that the
>> dividers between different panes are in a very light shade of grey which
>> apprently can't be very well seen on the laptop screen. I have tried to
>> position my screen at various angles but still I can hardly see the
>> dividers between the different panes.
>>
>> Is this a problem for others?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Saurabh Nandu
>> www.MasterCSharp.com
>
>

Why would it change? Like I said, the dividers are not (or very barely)
visible with Aero Glass too.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OyM7BimgGHA.4776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> This should change in a future build, since Aero Basic has been deemed by
> Microsoft lower quality than even XPs Luna theme.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Saurabh Nandu" <saurabh@noreply.mastercsharp.com> wrote in message
> news:9B1204EC-3C60-47EE-B9D0-55251A25674C@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have Vista Beta2 installed on my Toshiba M200 tablet PC. Since I do not
>> have a 128 MB Graphics card I can't run full Aero, fine. But with the
>> basic Aero when I start Windows Email the UI looks totally unusable on
>> this Toshiba M200 laptop screen. The basic problem seems to be that the
>> dividers between different panes are in a very light shade of grey which
>> apprently can't be very well seen on the laptop screen. I have tried to
>> position my screen at various angles but still I can hardly see the
>> dividers between the different panes.
>>
>> Is this a problem for others?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Saurabh Nandu
>> www.MasterCSharp.com
>
>