Request opinions on MDI buttons

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I am currently working on a skin that I am considering using large round MDI buttons. About 1 1/2 times the size of the Windows Luna buttons. I have noticed that a lot of skins have very small buttons which I find unhandy. They would be plain in the normal state and show a graphic of some sort in the mouseover state. Thanks for your input.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
well reason them being small, is they can only be one size for them to work correctly, 180x15 pix otherwise they will get crushed or streched.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Not so. I have already made them larger. Of course I had to double the height of the top bar. They work quite well, but I was wondering how they would be accepted by the "general population" here.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Do you mean you made the menu bar double height? That is where the MDI buttons appear. I didn't think that was possible either. I'd like to see a screenshot.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, click my name to see the screenshot. I can make it bigger if you'd like. Thanks.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't see any MDI buttons in that screenshot........... just huge Titlebar buttons. 



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Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oops! My fart. I mean fault. I would like opinions on large TITLEBAR buttons.
/me slinks off to a dark corner.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I personally hate teeny tiny titlebar buttons.Fitts law states an interfaces usability is directly influenced by how much effort is required to access any function,so bigger is better...to a point.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a question about the MDI mouseovers & states. The mouseovers look great in the Skinstudio preview box but do not work in the menubar in Skinstudio or most other programs. I also have the problem where the pressed state "sticks" after the button is used the first time. (the button still works)
Any ideas, comments??



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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Forgot one, The close button seems to have more space between it and the max button than there is between the max-min buttons. I've looked for some way to modify their locations but so far no luck.




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Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
essorant has a couple of skins with larger titlebar buttons (well they range from small to large)
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?searchtext=pabulum&sort=Skin&order=Descending&library=1
that I always thought looked very good. I don't particularly like the teeny ones because they are so hard to hit.