[OT] Screen Res Surprise

[Richard Gaskin]

Richmond Mathewson wrote:

>   Having released a large number of incremental versions of my
> Devawriter, that is targeted at screen resolutions of at least
> 1024 x 768 (and, ideally more, to allow for the transliteration
> palette), I have been surprised at the volume of requests for
> a smaller windowed version.

 From these stats:
<http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp>

...it would seem a safe bet that one could adopt a standard size of 
1024x768 for most apps.

But that doesn't take into account the nascent netbook market, most of 
which uses WSVGA (1024x600).

These days I'm targeting 1024x600 as my minimum for most apps, with 
resizable layouts that allow people with larger screens to enjoy their 
extra space while still offering a good netbook experience.

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  Richard Gaskin
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