On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Dylan McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > Just recently I got a totally awesome 24" monitor. (Yay! It's a Samsung > T240, going up from a Dell 17". I can't get over how big it is). > > To my dismay, Ubuntu's default wallpaper was stretched way beyond its means > at the monitor's native resolution (1920x1200). GNOME's backgrounds all look > fine; they seem to standardize on fitting precisely that. It looks like most > other operating systems shoot for the same target, including Windows. > > Perhaps Ubuntu should aim for the same as well, since 1080p is getting quite > common in computer displays and will probably remain standard for a while. > It is a shame to think that users with beautiful displays are welcomed to a > new Ubuntu release by fuzzy, stretched graphics. > > Thanks, > > -Dylan > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
In a similar vein, ensuring that the wallpapers look good on different aspect ratios is important as well. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
