On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Michael McKinley <m.mckinley at gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall at gmail.com> > 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 > > ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com > > 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. > Just as we have a work-flow designed to make icons look good at different > sizes, perhaps we should have a mechanism that ensures different resolutions > and aspect ratios are sufficiently covered. I know I've seen a list of all > the different aspect ratios and screen sizes in use: such a list could be > used as a starting point. Sounds brilliant! If such a thing already exists, could someone please post the link. Mads Rosendahl Hansen (MadsRH) -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
