From kde-core-devel  Sat Aug 26 15:41:31 2006
From: "Gary L. Greene Jr." <greeneg () phoenuxos ! com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:41:31 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: 800x600 default (Re: [Patch] Add dmask/fmask support into media:/)
Message-Id: <200608261141.36668.greeneg () phoenuxos ! com>
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On Saturday 26 August 2006 08:31, Frans Englich wrote:
> On Saturday 26 August 2006 02:22, Gary L. Greene Jr. wrote:
> > On Friday 25 August 2006 22:16, Clarence Dang wrote:
> > > On Friday 25 August 2006 02:40, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > > 800x600 with a 46px panel.
> > >
> > > I think we should review this for KDE 4.  800x600 is unrealistic these
> > > days and doesn't reflect the reality of some of our dialogs.
> >
> > Most desktops (if not all) I see these days don't go smaller than
> > 1024x768.
>
> "Currently, about 60% of all monitors are set at 1024x768 pixels. In
> comparison, only about 17% use 800x600 so it's obviously less important to
> aim at perfection for these small-display users. What's equally obvious,
> however, is that you can't simply ignore 17% of your customer segment by
> providing a frozen layout that requires more screen space than they have
> available."[1]
>
> That some KDE developers can't properly design GUIs needs to be changed,
> not accepted.
>
> Anecdotal evidence from someone who walks around at the office at work and
> peeks at his wife's PC is not of much interest. There's a world out there
> where not everyone runs around with the latest cell, ipod, and a flat
> screen display.

Please cut the condescending crap. I've worked in the IT industry both as a=
n=20
IT systems deployment and repair specialist and as programmer at a fairly=20
large university where we serviced not just the staff's machines but also t=
he=20
students as well, and now for a private company of over 400 people. I wasn'=
t=20
using a small use base for this information. 800x600 displays (in the US=20
anyway) are far more rare than that page suggests. Besides, I'd like to see=
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where they also get those numbers from......

>
>
> Cheers,
>
> 		Frans
>
> 1.
> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/screen_resolution.html

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