Daniel Dyer wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:08:02 -0000, Hal Vaughan <hal@halblog.com> wrote:
My guess is that 1280x1024 is about what I can count on most users
having at
this point, but I do know of one or two people who are using very old
computers. I don't know if they're an exception or not.
I have 1280x1024 too, but I wouldn't count on everybody having it. I
wouldn't make a GUI that couldn't fit comfortably on 1024x768 (the
actual application window may be a bit smaller to allow for any
desktop features like the Windows taskbar). Bear in mind that there
are still a lot of laptops around that have native resolutions of
1024x768.
Also bear in mind that the existence of a large screen does
not necessarily imply that the user wants to devote the whole
thing to just one application. I quite often work with multiple
windows simultaneously, maybe copying and pasting between a
browser and a spreadsheet or something like that. It improves
inter-window navigability if I can arrange to have substantial
portions of both windows visible simultaneously.