Re: [Pythoncard-users] Straw Poll - Screen Size (Possibly OT)

[Winston W. <win...@st...>]

Here are some reasons why we might want to keep 800x600 as a minimum =20
resolution:

	=95 When I give presentations, I reduce the resolution to =
800x600 =20
because otherwise things get too small for people at the back room to =20=

read.
	=95 There is talk on the edu-sig Python mailing list of using =20=

PythonCard with Ebuntu in an educational package of development =20
tools, i.e. teach kids to program using Python and PythonCard.  The =20
systems they want to deploy on include that $100 MIT computer.  I =20
think the resolution of that is 800x600.

-Winston


On Jun 5, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Phil Edwards wrote:

> Whenever I've released software into the big bad world, I've (up to =20=

> now) made
> a conscious effort to ensure that all main windows and dialogs =20
> require a
> screen resolution of no more than 800x600. Looking around the =20
> office where
> I'm sitting at the moment, it seems that nobody uses a screen =20
> resolution this
> small any more. For instance, the laptop I'm typing this on has a =20
> 1920x1200
> widescreen display, I have a 1600x1200 CRT sitting next to me, the =20
> guy to my
> left runs a pair of 15-inch TFTs at 1024x768 each, the dev team =20
> have 19-inch
> TFTs running at resolutions up to 1600x1200.
>
> I wonder if the list feels there is a minimum reasonable screen =20
> resolution to
> expect most people to be running at? Or is it better from a pure =20
> usability
> point of view to keep individual windows as simple as possible even =20=

> if that
> means having to employ multi-page dialogs?
>
> Even a single step up from 800x600 to 1024x768 gives a 60% increase in
> available display area based purely on the total pixel count. I'm =20
> conscious
> of the temptation to try and fit ever more buttons, text boxes and =20
> other
> components onto a bigger screen, but at the same time I know from past
> experience that many end-users of software I've written are happier =20=

> to have
> less clutter per window, even if that means having to click their =20
> way through
> more than one window to accomplish a particular task.
>
> Just a bit of random Monday afternoon musing, I'm interested to =20
> know if people
> have any strong opinions one way or another.
>
> --=20
>
> Regards
>
> Phil Edwards
> Brighton, UK
>
>
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