Re: [Supertuxkart-devel] Screen Resolution

[Joerg H. <jo...@lu...>]

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Hi all,

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>> I think 99% of the users would actually prefer to just select from a
>> list (some people might not even know the right resolution, but
>> recognise the numbers :) ). It's much easier to use. It doesn't make too
>> much sense to inconvenience a significant majority imho. I would prefer
>> usability over 'configurability' :)
> 
> I actually like Robert's approach better, since we don't know what
> kind of monitors the players might have(yes, I would rather have a
Somehow I got the feeling that I didn't express myself correctly :) I am
all in favor of Robert's approach, and I think it's an unnecessary and
too complex overkill to allow people to enter the resolution. A list is
the way to go.


> list, if the list has the resolution I want); however, since there
> might not be an easy way to get the list of supported resolutions, at
I am not really sure that there is a (portable) way, so supporting a
list of common resolutions should be fine. After all, how many
professional games support all kind of resolutions? They are usually
restricted to a few. That should be acceptable for us then as well
(considering that odd resolutions are supported on the command line -
let's just put this in the FAQ. The launcher on the Mac somehow gets a
list of supported resolutions, and uses it to let the user select a
resolution and pass it on to STK).

> least for now I would rather have a list. I think that allowing the 10
> resolutions listed at
> http://www.tamingthebeast.net/blog/web-development/screen-resolution-statistics-0907.htm
> would be fine. There are two resolutions there, which I believe that
> are for widescreen monitors.
http://www.prismo.ch/comparisons/ contains the aspect ratio as well.

Cheers,
   Joerg


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