Poor scaling on Surface Pro + scroll problem

Hello community,

I just downloaded Trados 2017 trial before potential purchase to see how it really handles hi-res scaling on my new Microsoft Surface Pro (2736 x 1824 resolution, Windows scaling set to the default 200%). The translated text is crisp and all, but the rest looks like this (note the icons in the corners, and sorry for the lame screenshot technique - being lazy today):

  

I did install the one available update. I read somewhere that Trados was supposed to be patched for hi-res support, but I'm not sure if that's as far it gets.

And PLUS, touch scrolling doesn't work at all with the translation text. It does work flawlessly in Trados 2011, though. This is really surprising. I can move the cursor by touch, but scrolling is impossible.

Any ideas? Those two issues are preventing me from upgrading to 2017 at this point. The first one I would be willing to wait with for maybe a month or two until a patch arrives, but the second one is a complete deal breaker, and I hope it's an easy to fix bug.

Oh, and just for a little offtop feedback: seriously guys, it's been 6 years and the software kinda feels like it's just a visual overlay for 2011... I don't know about the new pr0 features yet, but where's pinch to zoom for text font size, or smooth scrolling? We're in 2017.

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  • Thanks! I just tried the thing, and it's a nice try, but basically all it does is it "zooms" the tiny elements without actually scaling them (on a pixel-to-pixel basis). It makes the application more usable, but also a little ugly, especially considering that the main translation text also gets "zoomed" (which in this case wasn't even necessary in the first place as text scaling worked properly) and gets more pixelated.

    Guess I'll have to give MemoQ a try... Either way, the scaling issue wasn't that big of a problem anyway, but the lack of touch scroll and also the noticeable lagginess of the program ruin the experience completely.

     

    There are no Trados 2011 scaling patches in existence, and none are planned, I presume?

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