[AccessD] Customizing 2007's Navigation Pane

Guilty as charged, Rocky -- me and them.

On 3/20/08, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
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> Provincial: having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc., considered
> characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic;
> narrow
> or illiberal; parochial.
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> Rocky
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:30 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Customizing 2007's Navigation Pane
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> On that score, Doug, I have no rebuttal. I myself am doing an app for the
> provincial government currently, and they insist on 800 resolution. When
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> the last time anyone you know used that resolution? Wow. So while I'm
> writing it, I put my 22" flat screen monitor into that resolution LOL. I
> can
> get really drunk and sit on the other side of the room and still read it
> clearly! O well. Your tax dollars at work. They also have another funny
> policy which is that I am only allowed to work 7.5 hours a day. Well,
> that's
> just not in my nature. So I said, I typically work more, I don't want
> overtime, but can't I bill 12 hours a day and do the thing faster? No.
> 7.5hours a day max. So then I work my own hours (this is a remote job),
> and
> then slice the time sheet accordingly, so in this virtual universe it's
> technically April 2, not March 20. Go figure.
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> And there isn't a chance in hell they'd go for the nav panel. That would
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> way too radical. Besides, at 800 resolution there wouldn't be much room
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> anything else on the screen at the same time.
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> On 3/20/08, Doug Steele <dbdoug at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi Arthur:
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> > Thanks for the comment, and I'm not insulted.  I'd be the first person
> > to admit that I've spent very little time exploring the new features
> > of the Nav Pane, and I expect that, as time passes, I'll get more
> > comfortable with it as a tool.  It's going to be a while, though.
> > Even if the Nav Pane can provide a generally improved navigation
> > experience, getting my clients to pay me for changing the look and
> > feel of their existing, perfectly functional, databases will be an
> > arduous process.
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> > Thanks,
> > Doug Steele
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