Re: Why do people use 1280x1024? (was Re: custom gdm screen resolution? [SOLVED - work around])
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On Friday, 10.12.2004 at 09:57 +0000, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:43:30AM +0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > Dave Ewart wrote:
> > >I never understand why people want 1280x1024. This is a different
> > >aspect ratio to all the other resolutions listed.
> >
> > Because that's what size our TFT monitors are?
>
> Precicely. I don't really see what the problem is - a 64x64 icon is
> still 64x64 even if the monitor's aspect ratio is different.
>
> I spent a lot of time trying to work out why fonts looked rubbish once
> and it was because I'd inadvertently set the resolution to 1280x960
> instead of 1280x1024 - my TFT doesn't handle non-native resolutions so
> well.
>
> Having 1280x1024 also means that if you have a large window (such as a
> terminal server client or VNC client) you can have it at 1280x960 and
> still have room for some window manager stuff - a toolbar or decorations
> etc.
Interesting. Point taken about the TFTs, certainly.
The only time I used 1280x1024 was by accident and everything looked
wrong. Looked find with 1280x960 - this is on a 19" CRT though, not a
TFT.
Dave.
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