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Subject: Re: Resolution requirement?
From: Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date: 2000-11-25 22:45:37
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Thomas wrote:
>
> > Stefan Westerfeld wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > Do we require that KDE works reasonable under a certain resolution, like for
> > > instance 640*480? I am asking because I just did some changes to the aRts
> > > KControl module, which makes it a bit larger, and so it probably doesn't fit
> > > any longer on such a screen.
> > >
> > > It's not the only module which is that large (looknfeel -> keybindings is
> > > large, too), but I could of course go for tabs to make it smaller.
> >
> > IIRC there is no written rule (maybe we should have one) but it's
>
> There is on in the styleguide. 800x600 is the minumum we develop for.
>
> > certainly much nicer if you show some sympathy for people with smaller
> > screens (laptops!). We had quite a few bug reports about this in KDE
> > 1.x.
>
> I hope no-one has that kind of screen anymore ;)
Actually I think for a while in the future those small screen will get
increasingly popular -- palmtops, webpads and the like. This is the one
platform where KDE could really take off and get nice market share, but of
course not if it won't work b/c minimum screen size if 800x600.
Ciao,
Andreas Pour
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