I updated from 2.4.15 to 2.6.5 [was: ... 2.6.1]

[Dean Gibson]

OK, I needed to schedule a transaction on the fourth Wednesday of the 
month, which 2.4.15 apparently can't do, so I'm back, this time on 
2.6.5.  I found a usable theme.

Bugs:

 1. When using the theme tool to select a theme, just scrolling by
    "Metal" causes the theme tool to crash instantly.  Annoyingly
    repeatable.
 2. I find setting column widths buggy.  Exiting a page and re-selecting
    it usually fixes it.  Ugh, but minor.

Questions:

 1. Once I've gotten column widths set correctly in an account register,
    is there an easy way to propagate those widths to ALL accounts? 
    Please, PLEASE say yes (but only if it's true).
 2. Can you specify a color for an entire sub-tree (eg, all expenses),
    other than one sub-account at a time?
 3. Is there a way to shorten the "Last Reconcile Date" label?  It makes
    the column excessively wide.
 4. Is there a way to have smaller/no toolbar icons (eg, just text)? 
    Minor issue, as this has motivated me to turn off the toolbar.

Suggestions:

 1. In the menu bar, "Actions" opens a very wide pull-down (no change
    from 2.4.x), and when selecting "Online Actions", it was easy to
    accidentally move the mouse slightly vertically when selecting an
    online action, meaning I had to reselect "Online Actions".  One
    REALLY NICE CURE for this would be to add "Online Actions" to the
    pop-up menu when I right-click on an account.

Comment: 2.6.x still seems slightly slower to load *.gnucash files than 
2.4.15.

-- Dean

On 2014-02-28 13:46, Dean Gibson wrote:
> On Thursday 27 February 2014 20:06:11 Dean Gibson wrote:
>
> Dean #1: Unless I did something wrong, I find the new GUI awful (ugly, 
> jerky, and slow), to the point that I went back to 2.4.15, and found 
> that it now had the new GUI! I found that the installation of 2.6.1 
> had added .gtkrc-2.0 to my home (Windows) directory, and deleted it, 
> so I'm back to a nice, smooth, fast GUI.
>
> ...
>
> Dean #2: I'm running Windows 8 (64-bit) SP1 on a Dell XPS 8100, 7 CPUs 
> @ 2.8GHz, 8GB RAM.
>
> ...
>
> Dean #1: I see that there's a way to set the GUI in 2.6.1, but there 
> must be at least 50 themes. I just want the old one, if possible. If 
> not possible, I'll stay with 2.4.15.