Re: Linux vs Windows
On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 04:48:48PM -0500, Jesse Meyer wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2003, Pigeon wrote:
> > On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 03:10:44PM -0500, Jesse Meyer wrote:
> > > 3) Finished GUI: The GUI of windows software and the OS seems to be
> > > more finished then linux. A simple example would be how many linux apps
> > > like to maximize so that they are larger then the displayed window
> > > space.
> >
> > Are you suggesting that Windoze apps don't? Plenty of 'em do. An
> > example that immediately springs to mind is the CD writing progress
> > dialog in Nero, and also its "Nero Express" wizard interface. Also,
> > plenty of web pages do the same sort of thing: open a new browser
> > window which is too big for the screen and lacks resize controls.
>
> Odd, which version of Nero is that? I have never noticed it in
> the CD writing dialog. (Never used the Nero express component, so I
> can't comment on it.)
>
> I'm not saying that windows is immune from the problems, but at 800x600,
> there are a lot of Linux apps out there that have windows larger then
> the screen size. Mozilla's and Galeon's preferences page both spring to
> mind.
>
> At 640x480, a lot of linux apps become unusable, which is a big PITA.
>
> YMMV, but in my experience, I'd rather have a MS Windows machine running at
> 640x480 then a X-Windows machine.
I noticed a problem writing Java applets a couple of years
ago. The getScreenSize() method returned the size of the
virtual screen rather than that of the visible screen.
I stopped checking the screen size in my applets when I saw
this and served up something that would be all right for
800x600, maybe a bit awkward for 640x480 and pretty tiny for
larger pixel numbers.
So it may not be the programmer's fault that the screen
doesn't fit. Either he may be getting an inappropriate size
from X, or he may have realised that it wasn't worth asking
because the answer would be unreliable.
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