From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Mynott
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> "Lee Goddard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > How many perl programmers living in London (or, as the site says,
> > non-programmers maybe not even living in London) can't see it? Or are
> > too lazy/confused/skint to implement a 1024x768, high-colour display
> > resolution? I know laziness is a virtue like hubris, *but*.... well,
> > I think the requirement of 1024x768 is probably a good common denominator.
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> 640x480 is more commonly used as a lowest common denominator by most
> web design companies for the usual web market.
Indeed it is, most places I've worked. But someone else doing it first,
even a whole bunch of other people doing it, Doesn't make it a Good Thing.
I'm surprised I had to tell you that.
> It also presupposes a certain arrogance on the part of the designer to
> assume the browser window is maximised to the whole screen size. The
> browser is usually only one of many open windows.
All of which can, and frequently are, maximised.
> Programmers are a special case and tend to use text only browsers and
> be colour challenged (ever tried to use a Sun as a desktop system or
> get X working on the latest graphics card?).
Time for a straw pole?
> So sites targeted at programmers should work on lower spec systems
> than the usual web market.
> common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
> - albert einstein
Interesting as ever, Bert.
lee
