800x600 default (Re: [Patch] Add dmask/fmask support into media:/)

[Torsten Rahn]

On 26.08.2006 11:28, Maks Orlovich wrote:
> >  su  Most desktops (if not all) I see these days don't go smaller than
> > 1024x768.
> Just because it fits in 800x600 in English, doesn't mean it will fit even
> into 1024x768 in a translation...

Well, actually I think that the whole issue is about three things:

1. Minimal resolution supported: 
(where supported means that the displayed dialogs look decent and aren't 
distorted by lots of scrollbars):
This is certainly a usability issue. My personal impression is that 800x600 
should be that minimal distribution for the reasons given already. As in the 
other thread already came up we'd need to specify the fontsize in the 
preferred dpi resolution (e.g. 96 dpi) as well as some kind of reference 
language.

2. Best be viewed with / optimized for:
This should be the (minimal?) resolution that is recommended to work 
efficiently with KDE.

3. Accessibility:
Of course it's important that while using very large fonts and other visually 
"extreme" settings KDE gets still displayed well - no matter what the display 
resolution is.

No matter which of those three topics get addressed, those topics should 
mostly have input by the usability people and the accessibility people and 
should be specified by them in the HIG and AG as soon as possible (if it 
hasn't been done already). 

Torsten