screen size

[Mark]

Hi, I recently installed Windows XP Pro on my laptop. The
entire desktop is about half the size of the monitor
area. Is there a way to make it use the entire screen. I
loaded Windows 2k last year and had the same problem.
There was a key stroke that made it full screen and then
I had to change the monitor frequency to make the font
look normal. If anybody knows this keystroke or another
way to help me use full monitor I would appreciate it
very much! Thanks. Mark

[Nicholas]

Visit the support website of the manufacturer of your laptop computer.
Search for the latest Windows XP compatible video adapter driver.
Download and install it in accordance with the installation instructions.

Afterward, right-click on your Desktop and select:

Properties > Settings and adjust your Screen Resolution.
Make sure the Color Quality setting is set to Highest (32-bit).

Last, by not least, visit the following website:

Microsoft ClearType
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/[/url]

(click on "ClearType Tuner Updated")


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Nicholas

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"Mark" <markcornelison@hotmail.com> wrote in message:
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| Hi, I recently installed Windows XP Pro on my laptop. The
| entire desktop is about half the size of the monitor
| area. Is there a way to make it use the entire screen. I
| loaded Windows 2k last year and had the same problem.
| There was a key stroke that made it full screen and then
| I had to change the monitor frequency to make the font
| look normal. If anybody knows this keystroke or another
| way to help me use full monitor I would appreciate it
| very much! Thanks. Mark

[Mark]

Hi, I have the lastest drivers, etc...the resolution and
pixel settings are ok... the issue is this, I have a 14
inch monitor and the desktop is only covering about 7
inches of the screen. It's like you have a program open
that needs to be maximized...the desktop itself needs to
be maximized. Thanks. Mark

>-----Original Message-----
>Visit the support website of the manufacturer of your

laptop computer.

>Search for the latest Windows XP compatible video

adapter driver.

>Download and install it in accordance with the

installation instructions.

>
>Afterward, right-click on your Desktop and select:
>
>Properties > Settings and adjust your Screen Resolution.
>Make sure the Color Quality setting is set to Highest

(32-bit).

>
>Last, by not least, visit the following website:
>
>Microsoft ClearType
>[url]http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/[/url]
>
>(click on "ClearType Tuner Updated")
>
>
>--
>Nicholas
>
>---------------------------------------------------------

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>
>"Mark" <markcornelison@hotmail.com> wrote in message:
> news:009301c347c3$de1b45f0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
>| Hi, I recently installed Windows XP Pro on my laptop.

The

>| entire desktop is about half the size of the monitor
>| area. Is there a way to make it use the entire screen.

I

>| loaded Windows 2k last year and had the same problem.
>| There was a key stroke that made it full screen and

then

>| I had to change the monitor frequency to make the font
>| look normal. If anybody knows this keystroke or

another

>| way to help me use full monitor I would appreciate it
>| very much! Thanks. Mark
>.
>

[pschein]

In the 80's, I use to design my director screens 640 x 480 and saved the
files as bitmaps.

Today, should I design the screens at 800 x 600 and what color palette and
format should I save the graphics as.

Also, how large can I play the video intro which will last for 30 seconds
before it dissolves into the main navigation.

I am designing this for MAC and PC.

thanks in advance.

-phil

[James]

You really need to research your target audience. We tend to use 800x600 as
the base standard, but there are still plenty of people out there with
640x480 resolutions still *groans* unfortunate but true. To whom is your
program aimed at? media types you can get away with higher resolutions,
Non-graphical people, expect to find 640x480 out there, I know I'm being
vague, there are probably a statistics up on the web somewhere that gives
you an idea of percentages, but you need to know the target you are going to
ship your program out to. But if you want to get everyone then you've gotta
look at 640x480 as your base...


"pschein" <pschein@co-ps.com> wrote in message
news:BB680BCD.1110B%pschein@co-ps.com...

> In the 80's, I use to design my director screens 640 x 480 and saved the
> files as bitmaps.
>
> Today, should I design the screens at 800 x 600 and what color palette and
> format should I save the graphics as.
>
> Also, how large can I play the video intro which will last for 30 seconds
> before it dissolves into the main navigation.
>
> I am designing this for MAC and PC.
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> -phil
>

[Darrel Hoffman]

> You really need to research your target audience. We tend to use 800x600 as

> the base standard, but there are still plenty of people out there with
> 640x480 resolutions still *groans* unfortunate but true. To whom is your
> program aimed at? media types you can get away with higher resolutions,
> Non-graphical people, expect to find 640x480 out there, I know I'm being
> vague, there are probably a statistics up on the web somewhere that gives
> you an idea of percentages, but you need to know the target you are going to
> ship your program out to. But if you want to get everyone then you've gotta
> look at 640x480 as your base...

[url]http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp[/url]

Seems the number of people still using 640x480 remains at a steady 2%. Otherwise it's a pretty even split between 1024x768 and
800x600, with 1024 slowly pulling into the lead. As an artist with a 21" monitor, I've got it up to 1280x1024, (and 1024x768 on my
secondary 17" beside it) but I don't think that's typical of the average user yet.

[SafariTECH]

A research project last fall by the University of Minnesota showed that less than 10% of users still use 640x480.

The stats at that time showed it was about a 50-50 split between 800x600 and 1024x768

A lot has to do with what OS the user has. Since the introduction of Win2000, screen resolutions defaulted to 800x600. Windows 2003 defaults at 1280x1024!

James is correct about knowing your target audience, but if the target audioence is the general public, the most common rule is to go with the lower majority - so in this case, 800x600. 24 bit colour is also the norm now - anyone using a lesser palette is should be expecting the display to be out of whack, since nobody sticks to 256 colours anymore.

If the software is installed, your installer can provide warnings to the user if they have a 640 display, same with colour. If the software just runs from CD or something, you can build in a resolution checker.

on a similar topic, minimum Windows recommendations now are Win98, WinME, Win2K, WinXP - W95 & NT are no longer supported OS by MS so you have no obligation to support it either ... Win98 will be dropped next summer too.



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Glen Palmer
SafariTECH
Cold Fusion Specialist
[url]www.safaritech.com[/url]
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[James]

I have to disagree with you here Safari, when you say just because Microsoft
has stopped supporting something developers can too. If you're going out
into the public domain, then you surely need to support as many people as
you can, just because microsoft in their infinate wisdom have buggered off
and ignored people using old software, most developers can't afford to do
that, not everyone upgrades just because good ol' Bill has run off and
ignored them. 95 and to a lesser extend is still out there, I'd be happy if
everyone upgraded to xp but thats something that isn't going to happen for
quite a few years unfortunatly. As I said before it depends on your target
audience, but if you want to blanket all PC users you possibly can then I'm
afraid 95 and NT are still around to kick you in the shins if you ignore
them. As for 98 being dropped next summer, you're looking at at least 12
months (probably more like 24) before you can kick that one in the ground
and not have to support it any more (and do you include me in that one
too?). I guess I'm just trying to say that obligation to support and OS has
nothing to do with Microsoft, it's down to the target audience, if they're
all on win95, making something for xp only just because Bill has stopped
supporting them and you have no obligation is going to make your program
pointless. Forget Microsoft and concentrate on the people that you want
using your software, simple as that.

James



"SafariTECH" <contact@safaritech.com> wrote in message
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> A research project last fall by the University of Minnesota showed that

less than 10% of users still use 640x480.

>
> The stats at that time showed it was about a 50-50 split between 800x600

and 1024x768

>
> A lot has to do with what OS the user has. Since the introduction of

Win2000, screen resolutions defaulted to 800x600. Windows 2003 defaults at
1280x1024!

>
> James is correct about knowing your target audience, but if the target

audioence is the general public, the most common rule is to go with the
lower majority - so in this case, 800x600. 24 bit colour is also the norm
now - anyone using a lesser palette is should be expecting the display to be
out of whack, since nobody sticks to 256 colours anymore.

>
> If the software is installed, your installer can provide warnings to the

user if they have a 640 display, same with colour. If the software just runs
from CD or something, you can build in a resolution checker.

>
> on a similar topic, minimum Windows recommendations now are Win98, WinME,

Win2K, WinXP - W95 & NT are no longer supported OS by MS so you have no
obligation to support it either ... Win98 will be dropped next summer too.

>
>
>
> ============================
> Glen Palmer
> SafariTECH
> Cold Fusion Specialist
> [url]www.safaritech.com[/url]
> ============================

[SafariTECH]

James :

You are free to support what you want ... however, I don't see any people supporting Win3.1 anymore and there are still 16 bit users around! (almost as many as Win95).

1% still use Win311
1.2% still use Win95

If you cannot get answers to OS questions which may be affecting your software, nor can you get updates or patches for previously known issues, then you cannot offer support for it. If you want to support the older OS's then feel free, but if a driver conflict or something occurs then you will have to figure it out for yourself, 'cause MS isn't going to.

If you look at any software package distributed since last fall, you will see they all say "requires Windows 98 or better" ... or lists all OS's but those 2 (and 2003 since it really just came out). Nobody in the software industry will support a software if they cannot get input from the OS manufacturer.

The way I do it, is state that the software is for Win98, etc, etc, etc and in the support docs and support site explain that it should also work on Win95 but we make no claims to support it on those OS's. Chances are pretty good that if it works in W98 it will work in W95 unless they never updated it at all.



Next fall software will show WinME and greater as minimum requirements.



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Glen Palmer
SafariTECH
Cold Fusion Specialist
[url]www.safaritech.com[/url]
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[chancey24 webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

800x600 is the standard size for web and multimedia applications and in regards to file format for images Tiffs work the best but jgp will work too.

[SafariTECH]

PNG files are actually the cross-platform choice for Director - the colour palettes remain constant on both Mac and PC and can be transported between the two if necessary.

pretty much any common graphic file can be used in Director now though, it still stores the data as BMP format though, with a couple of exceptions ... i.e. GIFs can be kept as animated GIFs if you want

============================
Glen Palmer
SafariTECH
Cold Fusion Specialist
[url]www.safaritech.com[/url]
============================

[Lysie34]

I am trying to watch a tv episode from the network website and the screen size is too small. Is there a way to make it bigger?