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I had no reason to ask a further question. I was asked one by you,
and I answered it as best I could, and revealed my thinking in case
it was wrong. Looks like it was OK.
-P
At 05:23 PM 9/9/2006, you wrote:
>Okay, nice statement of the obvious (and no question!). That seems
>like a pretty clear case of fuzzy thinking to me.
>
>DJS
>
>"Paul A." <<mailto:amibroker%40earthlink.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm asking about form size, I think, since form size is known and
>controllable by the app developer (me). Perhaps my thinking is
>fuzzy, but I'm proposing that if I don't want the user to deal with
>scroll bars, I have to choose a form size that's identical or smaller
>to the screen resolution the user will have his display set to.
>
>At 01:12 AM 9/9/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Are you asking about form size or screen resolution? You're
> >obviously safest deploying with the app tested on a variety of
> >resolutions. That being said, it is very time consuming. If you're
> >in a hurry to get it out there, deploy at several of the most common
> >resolutions. Only testing at one resolution would be a mistake in my
> >opinion. If it's got a lot of controls, make it look good at
> >1024x768 and a few higher than that. 800x600 would probably require
> >a design change and not worth the trouble. That's how I'd approach
> it anyway.
> >
> >There are components out there that can automatically adjust your
> >app to different resolutions. I don't know them offhand but people
> >have posted that info before.
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >"Paul A."
> <<mailto:amibroker%40earthlink.net><mailto:amibroker%40earthlink.net>[EMAIL
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> wrote:
> >I'm working on an app that will have many visual controls in one main
> >form, although the menu will allow users to get into other screens as
> >well that will contain visual controls in support of the main form.
> >
> >Question: what is the "right" size form to use these days? I want to
> >stuff as many controls as possible onto the form, but I _don't_ want
> >users to have to use scroll bars to get at them. Is still safest to
> >use 800x600? Or has most of the world graduated to 1024x768 and above?
> >
> >Am I thinking about the problem correctly, or are there modern
> >solutions to this issue that I'm not aware of?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >-Paul
> >
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