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The new Notes client is looking good...

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One thing I wonder though, how does it all look at 1024x768? More than 50% of all visitors to this blog are still using 1024x768, some are still even using 800x600. From all the screenshots I've seen it will be interesting to see how cluttered the UI looks at the most common resolution.

Posted by Carl Tyler On 05/17/2006 | Permalink |

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1 - That has been my concern with the thin client from the day they announced it (as well as performance)

Posted by Christopher Byrne At 01:59:42 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

2 - Heck, my screen won't even display more than 1024x768.

Sean---

Posted by Sean Burgess At 03:41:36 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

3 - I've been using some screen shots in 1024x768, kein problem. 800x600 isn't even officially supported for Notes 7 (or even 6.x, I think) so seems unlikely for Notes "Hannover".

Posted by Ed Brill At 06:14:37 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

4 - I don't think this is a "Hannover" specific issue. More and more web sites these days are better at high resolutions. Have you seen Office 2007 screens? Outlook 2007 has four different columns of information! Similarly, I downloaded some high resolution movie trailers the other day, and they were larger than my screen.

Posted by Alan Lepofsky At 06:22:44 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

5 - Alan, I don't like your answer as it's a cop out. Just cos everyone else does it, does not mean it's the correct thing to do. Everyone else does just mail, but IBM doesn't because they're smarter than that. I think...

Posted by Carl At 08:16:35 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

6 - I, too, have folks running 800x600, but I think 1024x768 is a fair target to shoot for. Any PC with enough intestinal fortitude to run Hannover reallllly ought to be able to 1024x768. Plus, by the time we're comfortable enough with Hannover (8.01?) for very broad rollouts, that really should be the standard....

Posted by Craig Wiseman At 11:39:11 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

7 - or should I say "any PC or MAC".....

Posted by Craig Wiseman At 11:53:34 PM On 05/17/2006 | - Website - |

8 - Hey Carl, what about how is it going to run on your (british made) Sinclair ZX81 ? let's get real, this is 2006, one can buy a 19" LCD screen for 250 US$ at best buy.

Posted by Joel Demay At 07:18:48 AM On 05/18/2006 | - Website - |

9 - Joel a lot of laptops that are purchased are still only capable of 1024x768.

The numbers I quoted are from web site visits. Take a look at stats from various places

visitors to duffberts blog:
http://my6.statcounter.com/project/standard/system.php?project_id=940591&PHPSESSID=d1dd7ae695573074d3a17442bb886a6e

W3Schools
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

http://www.onevision.co.uk/default.asp?id=789

My point is, not every sits at a desk with a 21 inch monitor, not everyone works for a hardware vendor.

Keep adding stuff to the screen, but if the 1024x768 users aren't taken into account, who knows how successfuly your product will roll out.

Posted by Carl At 08:07:33 AM On 05/18/2006 | - Website - |