Posted by dorayme on 01/15/07 21:16

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<1168894435.788686.142940@11g2000cwr.googlegroups.com>,
"Andy Dingley" <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:

> aa wrote:
>
> > Because of my eyesight I have 800x600 on my 19" TFT
>
> You'll get better results if you always set your display to the ideal
> resolution that your TFT display is designed for (1280 x 1024 ?) and
> then adjust the desktop font size and possibly the browser default size
> until the text is a convenient size.
>
> There is no reason why poor eyesight should ever require you to lower
> the display resolution, particularly with a display that has such a
> strong attachment to particular resolutions. Use all those pixels you
> paid for, and use more pixels per character.

This is good advice where text is concerned. Pity that so often
one has to look at pictures of text. But really, a 19" on 800x600
suggests a third solution is needed. For which one needs to know
the platform. I think it likely that native res for the screen
may well be part of it, but it is not certain.

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dorayme

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