+Random Terrain Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Whether you use 7800basic now or plan to in the future, what is your PC screen resolution? Mine is: 1360 x 768 I copied the batari Basic page, eliminated most of the content, and made it wider as a test: www.randomterrain.com/7800basictest.html Please let me know if you guys can stand it that wide. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 My main dev box is 1920x1080. I also sometimes use one with 1366 x 768 resolution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I usually use my laptop at 1366x768 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Being very optimistic, if not realistic, concerning falling within the criteria to post... Home Desktop: 1920x1080 Work Laptop: 1280x800 I would likely work off of both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atarius Maximus Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 My laptop is 1366x768. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 10" inch laptop here. That means a screwy resolution like 1024x600. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 The reason I asked is because I'm thinking about using a wider page for the 7800basic guide. It starts out pretty early with a chart and that chart might fit in the center between the table of contents and the index if the page is wider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC-42 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 My desktop is 1920x1080. My MacBook is 1280x800. But I prefer to do reference reading, like the 7800basic manual, on my iPad, so just ignore me and go with what everybody else says. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I copied the batari Basic page, eliminated most of the content, and made it wider as a test: www.randomterrain.com/7800basictest.html Please let me know if you guys can stand it that wide. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1920 x 1080 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Well, if I bump up the settings a bit I can pull off 320x200. Oh wait, thats the Atari 7800, nevermind... LOL! No really, my laptop is a lame-O 1366x768... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I'm apparently set to 1680x1050 on windows. Not sure what I set the Linux box to, but likely something similar. But then I don't usually have firefox fullscreened either, so the way it looks now is good enough for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 1600 x 900, though I haven't actually created a game yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atarius Maximus Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I copied the batari Basic page, eliminated most of the content, and made it wider as a test: www.randomterrain.com/7800basictest.html Please let me know if you guys can stand it that wide. Thanks. On my 1366x768 laptop that is perfect. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Looks good to me, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 On my 1366x768 laptop that is perfect. I like it. Looks good to me, too. Since there are no complaints so far, I'll go ahead and use that new wider version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 With the 1280(x800) of my business laptop, it is slightly clipped on the sides. Nothing too bad though, and considering most are 1366 or higher, the wider version suits just fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Since there are no complaints so far, I'll go ahead and use that new wider version. it's going to be a bother for me as every machine I use bB and 7800Basic on has that side clipped. Does it really give you that much more space to not make it OK on 1024x screens? Not complaining. It's an actual question. I'll never have your web skills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 1024x screens? Good lord...I was feeling bad having a screen just @ 1280... 1024x - Are you still using a 90's XGA CRT as your PC screen? Next thing you'll state is you still play on 20-30 years old game consoles... Oh, wait... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I totally realize I'm in the minority here. Just wondered how inconvenient it would be to keep that as the minimum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 it's going to be a bother for me as every machine I use bB and 7800Basic on has that side clipped. Does it really give you that much more space to not make it OK on 1024x screens? Not complaining. It's an actual question. I'll never have your web skills If I had Web skills, I could make the page adjust to whatever screen size you are using. But since I don't know how to do that without making everything look like crap, I'm stuck picking a specific width. Take a look at the test page again and be sure to refresh the page so the updated style sheet will kick in: www.randomterrain.com/7800basictest.html Scroll down until you see a chart. Do you see how early in the guide that the chart appears? it will be between the table of contents and the index area. The only thing I can think of would be to move the table of contents over to right side above the index and totally get rid of that yellow section on the left side. Then the page wouldn't have to be so wide. It would look kind of like this: www.randomterrain.com/7800basictest2.html If nobody minds having the table of contents above the index, the page won't have to be widened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks for looking into this, R.T. 7800basictest2 works AOK. I just thought of another solution: I've almost never used the links on the left-hand side. What about swapping them for the links on the right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thanks for looking into this, R.T. 7800basictest2 works AOK. I just thought of another solution: I've almost never used the links on the left-hand side. What about swapping them for the links on the right? It would probably be better to just get rid of the yellow section on the left. The table of contents on the bB page was smaller than the index and was pretty much static, except for when the DPC+ section was added, so it could go down for a certain distance and quit, then there would be more room for the actual text. The index is a continually growing beast, along with links to example programs and other things, so it wouldn't work out on the left side. The 7800basic page will probably follow a similar pattern, with a smaller table of contents, and a larger index and various useful links to example programs and so on. Can you see the full yellow section on the right with 7800basictest2? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 I think having the table of contents above the frequent links is a UI improvement in itself. They serve a similar function, so putting them near each other makes sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 I think having the table of contents above the frequent links is a UI improvement in itself. They serve a similar function, so putting them near each other makes sense. When I get done with the first draft of the 7800basic page, I can see about doing the same with the bB page. That skinny text area in the middle has been bothering me since I added the table of contents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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