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 Post subject: Re: So, what's next after v26.1 ?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 8:07 am 
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User Guide is looking slick 8)


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 Post subject: Re: So, what's next after v26.1 ?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 5:51 pm 
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RBjr wrote:
User Guide is looking slick 8)

It's not the look (although it helps!), it's the function! :D Certainly looks impressively comprehensive on that page. :D Can't wait to actually try it. Thought just occurred, would be nice to have an off-line version - e.g., not all users are obsessively online all the time but some work offline at times.

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 Post subject: Re: So, what's next after v26.1 ?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2026 7:15 pm 
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nexter wrote:
It's not the look (although it helps!), it's the function! :D.


That's just the old UG with a new look... adding actual new content is going to be a LOT of work.

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 Post subject: Re: So, what's next after v26.1 ?
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winstep wrote:
nexter wrote:
It's not the look (although it helps!), it's the function! :D.


That's just the old UG with a new look... adding actual new content is going to be a LOT of work.

Yes, I can see it's going to be a right shedload of work! And that's just the Workshelf bit. The whole thing will be like writing a major book! I used to be able to type about 10-15,000 words a day, but I'm a lot slower these days as my hands won't play ball. :( (10-15K words is equivalent to writing up a 30K PhD thesis in 2-3 days, or a short novel.)

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In the mean time I have nearly finished bringing the Winstep Start Menu Organizer to the 21st century.

Besides the different UI modes (standard, dark, light, etc) , it now also has multi-monitor and per-monitor high DPI support.

Adding this was not as easy as it sounds, for instance, the old VB right click menu system did not support more than a single monitor, so when right clicking an item in one of the thee panels the context menu would always pop up in the Primary monitor lol. Had to mix some Windows API in there to solve that one.

Making sure everything scales correctly when moving dialogs between monitors with different DPIs also took some work.

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 Post subject: Re: So, what's next after v26.1 ?
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winstep wrote:
In the mean time I have nearly finished bringing the Winstep Start Menu Organizer to the 21st century.

Besides the different UI modes (standard, dark, light, etc) , it now also has multi-monitor and per-monitor high DPI support.

Adding this was not as easy as it sounds, for instance, the old VB right click menu system did not support more than a single monitor, so when right clicking an item in one of the thee panels the context menu would always pop up in the Primary monitor lol. Had to mix some Windows API in there to solve that one.

Making sure everything scales correctly when moving dialogs between monitors with different DPIs also took some work.

Sounds like a fair lot of blood and sweat if not tears! My sympathy, and kudos Jorge! :D

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