Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar

Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by psadauskas on Sunday February 20, 2011 @05:11PM (#2243295)

Because the bulk of LCD panels come in HD-TV scales, which is 16:9 (1920x1080 for 1080p, for example). Its cheaper for the manufacturing plants to only have to deal with one ratio.

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Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by megablast on Sunday February 20, 2011 @05:41PM (#2243381)

I thought it came about because screens are measuered in diagonal distance, and the diagonal distance for 16:9 screens contains less pixels than for 4:3, so they are cheaper to make.

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Re:Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar by psadauskas on Sunday February 20, 2011 @06:20PM (#2243486)

4:3 vs widescreen seems to come down to its what most people are used to, and so its what the majority (sadly, not us nerds wanting as much vertical as possible) buy.

I was referring to the very few 16:10 monitors available now, almost all of them are 16:9.

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