I just want to mention this here in the hopes that something can be done about it in the medium term at least.
I'm using a number of programs from this site on a computer with 32 bit Vista and a 1400 x 1050 display (Pidgin, 7-Zip, Xenon, Notepad++, CoolPlayer+), and compared to Windows itself and things like MS Office, the fonts and icons appear to be less crisp - washed out, somewhat blurred. The programs are still perfectly usable, but there is a noticeable difference.
The one exception is FF 3.5 B4.
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Portable Apps looking less-than-perfect on high-res display
June 5, 2009 - 10:35am
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Portable Apps looking less-than-perfect on high-res display
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Most apps don't look good when large fonts are on. Windows' approach to large fonts was very half-assed for a long time, so there's not easy way in most languages to get graphics to display well. Vista makes some of these worse for some reason.
For the platform, grab the current 1.6 release in the forums. The graphics will look a little stretched, but the fonts are better. The next 1.6 release will be improving on some of it, too.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
Tongue in cheek...
"use *nix or a Mac (which is unix with an extra layer anyway) "
John is right here, I noticed the difference first in the 90s when I ran OS/2 on one computer and it showed how much more professionally that system was built compared with Redmond's product.
Richard
Have you noticed editing is always needed for the inevitable typos that weren't there when you hit the "post" button?