zWiFiMan

Just got my standard issue Axim 3i few days ago.

Apart from the unpredictable WiFi Connectivity issues, I noticed that some words on the screen looked 'redish'. Closer examination revealed that all vertical lines in all the letters have a red shadow. So when you have a word like 'will', the i, and the 2 'l' are blurred because they look like that have a red background. Selected text is even worse.

Increasing the font size (which you cannot do in all apps) helps but I don't this is an appropriate solution.

Has anyone experienced this? I'm thinking about calling Dell for an exchange.

any thoughts would be appreciated.

mara6

I've noticed that with my older X5. But I think it is a WM2003 glitch. So getting a replacement won't help.

zWiFiMan

I forgot to mention that the line of sight angle plays big part in this:

If I look at the screen at a 90 degree with the surface (my line of sight is perpendicular to the screen) the problem is reduced by almost 80%.

If I rotate the PPC 180 deg. so that power button is on my side the red goes away by those letters become lighter than the rest.

lobo_pac

i also noticed this. if you turn on "clear type" text it seems to go away. it isn't noticable with certain angles. i can't decide if it's a big deal or not. seemed to notice it right away, but now it doesn't even phase me.

more noticible between two "l's" or an "l" and an "i"with certain font sizes.

reese

can u post a screen shot?

silentknight

From what i understand..
The red'ish text is not a glitch, its called "Clear Type" and its a feature of WM, (To make reading easier on the eyes apparently... but you can disable it.

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lobo_pac

how do you post screen shots of ppc?

zWiFiMan

Disabling the ClearType feature was the first thing I did. That did not solve the problem. Now I realize that I did not do a soft reset. silly me!!!

(yes I know it clearly spelled out beside the checkbox. But who reads instructions anyway?)

Now that ClearType is disabled the red shadow is gone. Now my question is: does this happen on all Axim 3i? what about other PPC?

thanks

silentknight

it doesnt 'happen' .. hehe like i said its a feature, its supposed to be that way. but it can be disabled for people who dont like it

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GWing_02

I don't get any "reddish lines" when I use Cleartype...

Try taking a screenshot. If the problem occurs in the screenshot as well, it's either a OS or graphics pipeline problem, or it's supposed to be that way. If it doesn't occur in the screenshot, then your screen's a mess.

dotPocket is what I use to take screenshots... but that's because I use its other features. There are other programs out there.

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zWiFiMan

I took some screenshots and the shadow is there although less noticeable since it is kinda light green.

I will post the screenshots later because I need to reduce their sizes.

logically this means that it is not a hardware problem in which case how come you don't get the problem on yours (unless you're always looking vertically at your screen).

Here's another thing, this does not happen in MS Reader even with clearType on. I think this is because Reader uses a different typeface. So the Tahoma font used id dialog boxes and in Explorer makes the words look funny.

Is there a way to change the default WM2003 font?

thanks

zWiFiMan

Just saw this article you might be interested in...

http://www.zimac.de/reader.htm