Re: [Usability] Gome is Too BIG..

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Steve Fosdick wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:33:57 -0500
> "Matthew Nuzum" <newz bearfruit org> wrote:
> 
> > I personally don't see a way around this. As a large screen high-dpi
> > user I'm going to want my panels to be bigger, the spacing between
> > buttons to be larger and the fonts to be bigger.
> 
> Speaking personally, this is the opposite of what I want.
> 
> The reason I have a large, hi-res screen is NOT so the individual features
> can be bigger (I could buy reading glasses for that) but so I can get more
> things on the screen at once.

We have several variables here:
- Number of pixels
- Physical screen size / Pixel-density
- Motor skills
- Means of interaction (mouse, touchpad, touchscreen ...)
- Eyesight
- Viewing conditions (distance, lighting)

I think the conclusion should be that
- font size
- widget padding (font size + padding = absolute size)
- widget spacing
should be independantly adjustable.

Also a single widget to control contrast would be good.

If that would be in place, defaults for common cases could be determined by
running tests. There would be no need to specify measurments in the HIG.


--
Thorsten Wilms



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