[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Qt + KDE port

[From: Pixelnate]

=======On Jul 5, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Timo Steuerwald wrote:

> Because I have still good eyes, I don't think this size is really 
> needed for me. :-)  Furthermore I don't know if it is userfriendly to 
> browse a website in full screen mode and then for navigating switch to 
> common screen mode and after this back to full screen mode and the 
> again to common screen mode... - Because internet sites are optimated 
> on desktop resolutions, the difference between these two modes can be 
> still big in this area. In some cases between "website useable" and 
> "website unusable".
>
> What I would like to say, that even if the screen has a really high 
> resolution like the 770, there's no need to waste space like this. But 
> sure, I don't think that you'll need to port QT and KDE if you want 
> only a smaller application border/fonts on the device... ;-)

Exactly my point. Switching between user modes is cumbersome. Not an 
enormous pain in the ass, but it will get annoying after awhile. Since 
the 770 is (among other things) a web browsing device, there should be 
as little in the way of allowing for fullscreen surfing. IMHO, you 
should not need to change modes to view the web content as the authors 
intended. Most sites are, or should be, standardized on developing for 
resolutions of 800x600 or smaller. Being that the screen on the 770 is 
800px wide, I would think that as much of that would be available as 
possible to allow for the best user experience. Again, IMO, losing 
108px in the width for navigation and toolbar seems a bit excessive. 
Maybe I am just nitpicking, but the interface could be streamlined a 
bit.


n+

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