On Monday 23 February 2009 14:26:53 Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Hi! > > I looked through a PC hardware shop to get an idea of currently offered > screen resolutions and compiled the following list: > > Monitors > > 2560 x 1600 1.6 8:5 > 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5 > 2048 x 1152 1.77 16:9 > 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5 > 1920 x 1080 1.77 16:9 > 1680 x 1050 1.6 8:5 > 1600 x 1200 1.33 4:3 > 1440 x 900 1.6 8:5 > 1280 x 1024 1.25 5:4 > 1024 x 768 1.33 4:3 > > > Laptops > > 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5 > 1920 x 1080 1.77 16:9 > 1680 x 1050 1.6 8:5 > 1680 x 945 1.77 16:9 > 1440 x 900 1.6 8:5 > 1366 x 768 1.77 16:9 > 1280 x 800 1.6 8:5 > 1024 x 576 1.77 16:9 > > Width x Height Factor Aspect-Ratio > > 8:5 is often given as 16:10 ... > > > Attached you will find an SVG template based on the largest commonly > offered resolution of 2560 x 1600, with frame layers to show the extents > of other aspect ratios, simulating the effect of the background zoom > setting. > > To Kenneth: Would you like to see this on the wiki? If so, where > exactly?
Yes! Seeing as we have this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/WallpaperRules I think it should go somewhere in the Documentation. Perhaps you could render some pngs (with some example background) to explain the concept for those new to it? -- Ken -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art