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Gary,
I agree with you on this for the icon, but I was talking about the logo that would be displayed on the form. If you look at the sample Steve submitted you'll see the logo in the upper...

I am not an artist or graphics person, but I have a suggestion regarding the logo image... try creating it with a transparent background.

That way, no matter what the background color of the...

I really think we want to stay with one of the fonts that come with Windows rather than installing additional fonts on the users system. My question was more one of which font is more readable on...

@Gary,
You are correct, that is a subjective observation. I apologize for not wording that better (things have been kind of stressful around here this week dealing with the fire and possible...

Gary,
I'm not suggesting using standard ugly stock grey controls, I am also wanting an attractive UI. My comment was thinking about using bitmap images for large parts of the UI. For example...

I have a couple of questions if you don't mind....

1. Is there a particular font that is best suited for use on screen from a graphics perspective? I know that Calibri and Cambria are supposed to...

Paul,
There are definite drawbacks to using bitmap images as controls, the biggest being that when the application is resized, the bitmap may become "fuzzy" and hard to read. I am looking into...

Barbara,
If the UI is designed with localization enabled, is there someone who can provide the translations for the settings and their descriptions?

Eric

Reading through the forum and viewing the UI designs, it appears to me that most of the designs (other then the Gear) seem to be based on a "tabbed" UI. While this is not wrong/bad, there are other...

All the artwork I have seen on these forums is great, but, (you knew that was coming right) you will need a 32 x 32 bitmap or icon to use as the icon for the application.

EricB