But then there will be those of us for who HUD (Heads Up Display) type facilities dont work because of defective 3D vision.
 
There is always going to be a lowest common denominator.
 
 
On 8/11/05, Chad Renando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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