700c wheels are absurd on a 44cm frame. Hence the silly ST and HT angles. I assume there's also massive toe overlap?
I would recommend getting a bike that isn't so poorly designed. But having said that, I don't expect that fork is going to make anything worse.
I put a much taller suspension fork on a MTB and it rode pretty much the same. The only real difference I noticed was when putting a foot down. The ground is further away now...