On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 01:30:43 +0100 Stroller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > On 6 Jun 2008, at 23:19, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > >> ... > >> Let's reverse the question - would you reduce the resolution of your > >> desktop system? > >> What do you currently have? 1024*1280 or more? > >> You can still do everything like writing software, e-mail, web > >> browsing, gaming. > >> Probably even faster. But how would it appear? Future oriented or old > >> fashioned? > > > > this is different - because it's me - my eyesight is better than > > 20/20 and i > > use the highest res i can get, when i can get it as i know i can > > read my > > miniscule 8pt or less fonts. but no one else can read my screen - > > they all > > complain that it's too hard and i am forever upping font sizes if i > > want anyone > > to read something on it. i know *I* am fine with it, but the vast > > majority of > > other people can't read my screen. this is why i am cutting myself > > out of this > > - trying to not be personal about it as i know already i'm an > > exception to the > > rule. > > Hi there, > > I haven't posted on this topic before because I'm not able to > personally compare VGA & QVGA 2" phone screens. > > However my eyesight is also better than 20/20, and display quality is > generally quite visible to me. > > Your statements have seemed to say that QVGA is "just as good" as VGA > for most people, and I have been sceptical of this - I find that my > current phone (P990i) is QVGA, and that is rubbish for viewing > webpages. Since you have 20/20 eyesight and can view tiny fonts at > high resolutions I'm inclined to believe that a VGA screen will, for > me, be better for displaying webpages & PDFs - I'll be able to fit > more on the screen and my eyesight will allow me to read the smaller > text. > > So my vote is for VGA (or even widescreen VGA, like the PSP?). > > Stroller. it will be better - of course. what' i'm baffled about is why all of a sudden here a lot of "excellent vision gifted" people turn up, whereas in real life i never see them... :) -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community