Look at KDE - looks great even in 800x600. There should be an option to make gnome items smaller (simple comparison - gajim and psi from kde). Gnome should be more elastic - able to fit 800x600 and higher resolution screens.
2008/3/12, Kalle Vahlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2008/3/12, Luca Cappelletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hello Dario, > > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Dokuro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello everyone, > > > it has been a while now and it seems that Gnome has everything over > > > sized buttons, spaces, fonts, i can't put mi finger on it but on a > > > 800x600 screen everything is always so big... i reduced the font size > > > from 10 to 8, it fixed things a little but almost all programs occupy > > > > > > This is a recurring issue, see for example > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2004-May/msg00044.html > > "no sense deliberately excluding people who are still using 800x600 or > even 640x480 without a very good reason)." > > and > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00010.html > > Sometimes developers just forget that people *are* still using small > screens, and even more so with the (screen-wise) low end mobile > devices starting the resolution cycle from bottom up again. I have on > many occasions wanted to set my screen to 800x600 and file bugs agains > every screen that I find unusable with that resolution. Alas, other > things keeping me busy have prevented that from happening. > > My simple advice to solve the problem in development phase would be to > never design a screen that is *forced* to exceed 400 pixels in height. > That should leave some space for possible panels and window > decorations. Additional available space should naturally be > efficiently used when possible, but the application should not depend > on it. Usually you'll end up with better UI anyway if you keep it > simple, so the guideline is actually a double win ;) > > I didn't find a mention of window sizing in the HIG (apart a mention > of the golden ratio), but I remember this been discussed earlier and > recently (due to the GNOME Mobile efforts and the mobile "uprising" in > general). I hope the HIG will soonish be refreshed in that regard to > include experiences from devices like the eeePC and Nokia's tablets. > > > > have you ever tried before to use or customize a gnome theme for your > needs? > > With a specialized gtk, icons and metacity theme you can reduce the > window > > and it's content to the max. > > Developing for UMPC require knowledge over what a HIG should offer and > > everything will be handled from the developer. > > 800x600 smells like eeePC so, > > > Actually eeePC:s and other similar devices are generally 800x480 (and > the bigger screen versions 1024x600). > > [snip large signature] > > Wow, I bet that didn't fit in 800x600 ;) > > > -- > Kalle Vahlman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Powered by http://movial.fi > Interesting stuff at http://syslog.movial.fi > > _______________________________________________ > Usability mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability > -- Regards, Zaryk
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