At 11:16 am +1100 12/1/06, Greg Twyford wrote:
Horst Herb wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:44, Greg Twyford wrote:
17" LCDs bring the new problem that their native resolutions are too
high for most middle-aged GPs. Winding them back to 1024X768 causes many
to be a bit fuzzy. Some work better than others in this regard and the
video card seems to play a role.
Noooo! *Never* wind back native resolution on a TFT screen!
Everything becomes blurry that way. Instead, use your higher
resolution for crisper images and text and help those myopic
colleagues by simply choosing larger default / system fonts. On my
KDE desktop in Linux, it's a single configuration menu to do this,
and I believe in Windows it's the same.
Horst,
They aren't my colleagues, they are my customers, and every time I
leave the LCD monitors at the native resolution they complain that
the text in their software, usually MD is too small for them to
read, so 1024*768 it is, though some would prefer 800X600 I'm sure.
I hate it too.
Greg
All our staff seem to be coping with 17inch 1280x1024 at native
resolution despite what their eyes may be like.
We had the explicit text size discussion and trial prior to forking
out for any LCDs.
Seriously though if they can't cope with small writing, they are
better off with a CRT - crisp at any resolution and way cheaper.
Can windows and windows applications cope with larger system fonts??
MD2 doesn't - buttons overlap.
Ian.
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