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August 27, 2012, 05:14:57 PM |
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Hi everyone, I just tested 0.6.3 under Windows 8 and the GUI doesn't look right. Should I report it somewhere in particular?  |
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Pieter Wuille
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August 27, 2012, 05:25:52 PM |
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Is the problem just that progressbar below? In that case, a fix for that weird bar (not specifically for Windows 8 though) was recently merged, and will be in the upcoming 0.7 release.
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gbl08ma
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August 27, 2012, 05:38:05 PM |
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What exactly doesn't look right?
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wumpus
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August 27, 2012, 06:25:38 PM |
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The strangest thing is that you get the pre-windows XP UI, not the vista/w7 one.
Can you try starting it with the following parameters: -style windowsvista ?
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gbl08ma
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August 27, 2012, 06:32:54 PM |
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Is Windows 8 running it in some sort of compatibility mode?
Do other Windows Vista/7 apps with toolbars and such still have the new style in 8?
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keystroke (OP)
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August 27, 2012, 07:40:28 PM |
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Yea it's strange it goes pre-XP. Trying with -style windowsvista didn't change anything. Nothing is running in compatibility mode and everything else looks fine. Basically the issues are the progress bar and the "3d look" to the areas with text. It looks like they are buttons. Not a big deal but Win8 is out soon so it is probably good if the client looks correct under it.
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wumpus
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August 28, 2012, 06:27:27 AM |
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If you can't switch to windowsvista (or even windowsxp) style it misses some APIs. This is a Qt issue, so it will probably be resolved some day when we link to a new version of Qt.
For now, I'm surprised and happy that it's running at all.
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keystroke (OP)
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August 28, 2012, 03:59:31 PM |
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If you can't switch to windowsvista (or even windowsxp) style it misses some APIs. This is a Qt issue, so it will probably be resolved some day when we link to a new version of Qt.
For now, I'm surprised and happy that it's running at all.
Makes sense, thanks! |
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Diapolo
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August 29, 2012, 09:45:26 AM
Last edit: August 29, 2012, 05:02:00 PM by Diapolo |
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Can you try http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.0/test/ but as was said before, the legacy theme we see on your screen could be related to Qt not knowing about Win8 and the ugly progressbar will look better with 0.7 even if Qt hast Win8 detection problems. Dia Edit: Btw. I hate the Win8 Metro GUI, it sucks soooooo fucking bad and the removal of Aero from the normal Desktop is another provocation from MS ^^. |
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keystroke (OP)
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August 29, 2012, 02:51:24 PM |
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Can you try http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.7.0/test/ but as was said before, the legacy theme we see on your screen could be related to Qt not knowing about Win8 and the ugly progressbar will look better with 0.7 even if Qt hast Win8 detection problems. Dia Edit: Btw. I hate the Win8 Metro GUI, it sucks soooooo fucking bad and the removal of Aero from the normal Desktop is another procovation from MS ^^. Yea I don't understand why they had to ruin the GUI  Yup, the progress bar looks better under 0.7.0RC1 so it looks like Qt has the issue! I posted this actually to the .7 thread but should have added it here too! |
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