Thanks that makes sense... I've used xTalk all these years for in-house stuff and production work (big screens, cinema displays all around...) and am really way behind on these interface issues:
OK, the other issue is initial screenloc.
Even at 550, a vertical axis of 300 puts the presentation under the menu bar on OSX
Oh... I guess I should be turning off the menu bar on start up and then resuming that as needed...
that's doable... I can just add that to the existing handlers for the backdrop where desktop is
hidden and shown on demand...
And then, I guess we need to do both hide menubar hide taskbar and show menubar show taskbar
That should do it to fix this one and for future I'll try to stay in 700 X 500. Though one does wonder what percentage of users actually live in a 800X600 pixel display rect... But of course for projector work that will be very common. As you say... getting a 100% fool proof size (unless we drop all the way back to a video 640 X 480) is probably too much to ask.
Thanks!
Sivakatirswami
That's leads to more questions about windows: Do
On Dec 11, 2003, at 8:09 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
On 12/11/03 9:47 PM, "Sannyasin Sivakatirswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am looking for an optimum set of values
that I can just use for everything. do we have to think about vertical
toolbars on windows? if so, how many pixels is that off the max width
of 800? i.e. should the optimum stack size for 800X600 displays for all
platforms be something like 760 X 550? And if so does "set the loc of
this stack to the screenloc" work for all cases? I've had enough
feedback to know that most presentors want to be able to access their
menus, toolbars etc. and yet still be able to see the whole
presentation.... what do you recommend from your experience?
In my work, I use 750 x 550 when pushing for maximum space but allowing for
menubars/taskbars, etc. Otherwise, 700 x 500 should be pretty safe for most
situations. It's unlikely you'll ever have a 100% foolproof size, though,
since Windows taskbars can double (triple?) up in height depending on the
number of icons present. If sizing is an absolute necessity, your stack
should be designed to be scalable with standard minimize and maximize
controls present.
If you want to be anal, test 750 x 550 on a Windows box with large fonts
enabled to make sure your stack still fits. I may be wrong but I seem to
recall using large fonts only adds about 4 pixels vertically to any line of
type (titlebars and taskbar).
Regards,
Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design ----- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com
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