Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. Comfy

Re:Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. C... by seydor on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @12:35PM (#36683432)

> No one is running their display at 800x600 so apps aren't building for it.

They are! look at the viewport specifications

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/target/using/experie...

They are actually smaller than 800x600. Most of the web is now optimized for these sizes

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Re:Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. C... by llm_nerd on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @12:50PM (#36683681)

I guess I could have been clearer, but we aren't talking about smartphones, much less the fake pixel metrics that were kludged onto CSS to deal with Apple's introduction of retina screens.

And FWIW, little to nothing on the web is optimized for less than 800x600. We work with the fake pixels as just another measurement tool, but actually using most websites with physically less than 800x600 is brutal.

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Re:Windows 9x and Word 9x at 800x600 resolution. Spacious. C... by micahdeath on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:21PM (#36690117)

Menu's are. The content is usually just fine. I use 1366x768 on my 24" monitor and snap browsers to 1/2 of the screen. Most work fine...

Some are Funny and you see, Massive Hamburger (1/3 of the screen followed by a Cookie Consent taking another 1/3 of the screen.) -- I don't stay on these sites often.

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