But as screen sizes get bigger, so will the need for bigger desks. I am along the "minority report" line. Next step will likely be some sort of glasses that project the screen in front of you. They already have it, but acceptance will require a huge shift in the way we do business.
Chad who has seen the light... back on the corner of Robbins and High Street On 8/11/05, Mark Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Higher resolutions don't always mean smaller fonts. > > Sorry - I wasn't clear - that was my point. > > As screen resolution increases, screen real estate will probably not > change all that much, as people will increase their font size > accoringly, and thus all widget sizes will increase as well. > > I'm saying that once you hit a certain point, screen real estate will > simply stop to grow, as people will need to actually see things. I > figure at that point, screen pysical size will start getting more and > more widescreen. > > As resolutions get bigger, this also means that people will need to > create bigger images to cover the same sort of screen size as they did > before - and here's also hoping that bandwidth also increases with > resolution. > > So yeah, I'm totally agreeing with you Gary... I just guess it doesn't > seem like it. :o) > > Mark > > > > > Depending on the conditions I sometimes have trouble reading "standard" > > fonts and I increase the font size. In this case (and I imagine moreso for > > some partially-sight-impaired people) increased resolution has nothing to do > > with smaller fonts but is all about reading what is already on the page. > > > > There there is the Large Fonts setting on Windows that simply provides > > better definition of the text for sacrifice of resolution. > > > > So, I come back to my original point that designing for any fixed resolution > > is generally not a good idea. > > > > Gary > -- > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: www.compoundtheory.com > ICQ: 3094740 > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/ > --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
