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Re: Screen Resolution Poll
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Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:58:16 GMT
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
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> Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote:
> > I use 1280x1024, but keep my browser pretty narrow - not usually more • than
> > 700. I wouldn't worry *too* much about 640x480 folks, the majority use
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> Ditto. Except I use 1280x960, because pixels should be *square*. :)
:) You'll have to explain a little more to me about resolutions and pixel
shapes when I'm out at Gordon. I'd like square pixels too :)
> One problem with many web site designs is that they make text go from one
> side of the browser to the other. This is fine for one line, but it makes
> for painful reading if it's more than that -- especially if it's a whole
> article. Newspapers have columns for a reason.
Yep. On pages without sidebar links and such, I always use <blockquote> for
articles and large amounts of text - because pages need margins. Having
teeny margins and huge lines of text is rather taxing on the eyes and on the
brain.
> I find a width of about 700 to be generally comfortable, so that's what I
> usually stay with.
Yeah...the only poo thing about it is sites optimized for 800 are a teeeny
bit wider than my browser. Oh well...
--
Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources
http://www.zacktron.com - Zacktron Alliance
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AIM: TimCourtne
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| (...) Simple. Monitors are approximately 4x3, so the resolutions should be too. Otherwise, bitmapped pictures get stretched or squished -- in the case of 1280x1024, squished by about 7%. (...) CSS provides a great way to do this -- it has both (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) Ditto. Except I use 1280x960, because pixels should be *square*. :) One problem with many web site designs is that they make text go from one side of the browser to the other. This is fine for one line, but it makes for painful reading if it's (...) (24 years ago, 20-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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