http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15229
--- Comment #20 from Susan Cragin susancragin@earthlink.net 2008-09-25 11:28:19 --- This deserves a long answer.
BACKGROUND: In DNS9.0 and previous versions, the program could only be accessed by a panel icon. Right-mouse-clicking on the panel icon showed a drop-down menu, which had to be moused. There was no way to access functionality through keystroke commands. But because the program worked, and worked well, I didn't file bugs on this issue. Some months ago Nikolay fixed gdiplus to correct DNS9.0 bug, that allowed DNS9.0 to be installed and run using only native gdipus. I stopped using winetricks gdiplus with 9.0 until I found another (I believe unrelated) bug that caused the program to crash. I never reported that as a bug. Sorry about that. In DNS10, the program's floating DragonBar popped up for the first time. Using winetricks, it had some basic functionality, which was lost due to either a regression or an oleacc bug that Nikolay fixed.
Here's the status quo now, including today's patches.
(1) Using wine's native gdiplus DragonBar has no visible buttons but now has stability and keystroke functionality. Commands can be accessed by keystroke. Drop-down menus do not crash the program. I think it also looks better. Opening DictationBox can crash the program. (?separate bug.)
(2) Installing using winetricks gdiplus Works better than ever. All buttons are shown, and work. Has keystroke functionality as above. Also, I am noticing certain "help" messages within the DragonBar that weren't there before, probably because they didn't display properly. Using Dictation Box is accessible by keystrokes and does not crash the program.
(3) Installing DNS with native gdiplus and then adding winetricks gdiplus afterward. Display box is perfect. Program crashed when opening Dictation Box. (I have attached terminal output, for your information. Maybe this should be a separate bug?)