https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-01-27 16:14 ------- I am not sure you (Reinout) understand how much work it is. Under Windows, you may see programs that adapt dynamically to the screen resolution. When I use Borland tools under Windows, this is very easy. For each screen form I design, I can use a given resolution to develop, and add less than 5 lines of code to each, and it's done; if the user has a bigger screen, everything will be handled by the tool's library to inflate the form, change the controls position and make everything appear nice. AFAIK with Linux tools (Gtk), this is a lot of work. So if screens are designed in 640x480, they will stay as they are with most modern screens in 1280x1024 - and look ridiculous. It's not an easy thing to do to sell your stuff when you get ironical or mocking press reports. I understand your problem; I am using 800x600 myself, and many screens of Kde are too big to be handled easily at this resolution. But really, 640x480... From my experience, I'd guess than less than 1% of users are sticking to this resolution. Should Mandrake increase the workload by maybe 25% or more to support better a very small number of users ? It may be a luxury given the current situation. (Note : I don't belong to Mandrake) ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] description: Our computers run with 800x600 screens. Some of our computers are 640x480 - and all setup screens should work at that resolution! Under gnome, I cannot get to the buttons on a number of the panels, as they are laid out too big. The big blue stripe should be removed - it hogs all the screen space. A good example is the network startup screen.
