-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday, 10.12.2004 at 09:57 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:43:30AM +0000, Dave Howorth wrote: > > Dave Ewart wrote: > > >I never understand why people want 1280x1024. This is a different > > >aspect ratio to all the other resolutions listed. > > > > Because that's what size our TFT monitors are? > > Precicely. I don't really see what the problem is - a 64x64 icon is > still 64x64 even if the monitor's aspect ratio is different. > > I spent a lot of time trying to work out why fonts looked rubbish once > and it was because I'd inadvertently set the resolution to 1280x960 > instead of 1280x1024 - my TFT doesn't handle non-native resolutions so > well. > > Having 1280x1024 also means that if you have a large window (such as a > terminal server client or VNC client) you can have it at 1280x960 and > still have room for some window manager stuff - a toolbar or decorations > etc. Interesting. Point taken about the TFTs, certainly. The only time I used 1280x1024 was by accident and everything looked wrong. Looked find with 1280x960 - this is on a 19" CRT though, not a TFT. Dave. - -- Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBuXsinhBnac0o2pIRAqt1AJ9FRT2zuD0/eHrl9xH9vJfMvQUTVQCfX8kt jYtxFKdYU6TJE8PRuYi3vF0= =fWWl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]