Request: please allow UI scaling to affect chat box

I don't often post request threads for SE to change things, but I figured I might try here, since it is something that affects me dearly.

I use remote desktop a lot to play the game. It allows me to play at work, and that means 9 extra hours a day of game time. My main problem is, in order to create a relatively lag free experience with remote desktop, I have to play the game in 640x480, no effects, minimal graphics. While the effects and graphics do not matter to me (im a crafter and gatherer) my main issue is the chat log. When I scale down my UI to 60% (so it all fits on the smaller screen) the chat box doesn't scale with it. I know I can reduce the size of the actual chat, but the grey bar underneath with the tabs cannot be resized. It fills my entire bottom of the screen, and I cannot see my action bars as a result.

TL;DR please allow chat box/bar to be resized as part of UI scaling. It helps people with smaller screens. Thank you.

You can sort of already scale the Chatbox size . In the log settings "Chat Prompt Size" reduce the text size for it to a smaller size, even though I think the lowest it will go is 12pt.

as an example, this is what I normally look at when I am playing. its not much, but it works.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...topexample.png

I would love to be able to make the chat box smaller, so I can fit more into the screen.

I wish I could hide the grey box tab things, or at least turn the opacity on the grey part down, leaving only the text.

I'd love it if the chat box was made part of the UI Editor, or whatever it's called.

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Originally Posted by Amused

I wish I could hide the grey box tab things, or at least turn the opacity on the grey part down, leaving only the text.

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Yes, exactly this.

Also, I would like to see a "minimum" setting for the presets, below standard. the lower the quality can go, the better my game plays, so this would be extremely helpful.