7800basic programmers: what is your PC screen resolution?

[+Random Terrain]

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.

[+RevEng]

My main dev box is 1920x1080. I also sometimes use one with 1366 x 768 resolution.

[tep392]

I usually use my laptop at 1366x768

[+Trebor]

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.

[+Atarius Maximus]

My laptop is 1366x768.

[+Gemintronic]

10" inch laptop here. That means a screwy resolution like 1024x600.

[+Random Terrain]

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.

[MAC-42]

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.

[+Random Terrain]

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.

[+Marc Oberhäuser]

1920 x 1080

[Andromeda Stardust]

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...

[Mord]

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.

[Rhomaios]

1600 x 900, though I haven't actually created a game yet.

[+Atarius Maximus]

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.

[+RevEng]

Looks good to me, too.

[+Random Terrain]

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.

[+Trebor]

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.

[+Gemintronic]

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

[+Trebor]

 

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...

[+Gemintronic]

I totally realize I'm in the minority here. Just wondered how inconvenient it would be to keep that as the minimum.

[+Random Terrain]

 

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.

[+Gemintronic]

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?

[+Random Terrain]

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?

[+RevEng]

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.

[+Random Terrain]

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.