[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] 800x480

[From: Rui Carmo]

Ah, I see you have been making yourself busy. :)

My concern with full screen mode is also about having (or not) a  
standard way of maximizing/restoring applications (which is not  
apparent from the screenshots I've seen so far)

R.

On May 28, 2005, at 2:43, Matt Croydon wrote:

> Rui,
>
> Check out Crazy Parking
> (http://www.indt.org.br/maemo/index.html#crazyparking) for an example
> of something that takes over the full screen.  Most of the apps
> designed for X seem to work within the main panel such as a few
> emulators that I tried out
> (http://www.postneo.com/2005/05/27/maemo-emulation).  Also check out
> the screenshots that Aleksandr has taken of apps like rdesktop and
> xbill (http://koltsoff.fi/770/) which also appear in the main part but
> don't take up the whole screen.
>
> I'm assuming that with SDL you should be able to take over the screen
> if you want...
>
> --Matt
>
> On 5/27/05, Rui Carmo <rui.carmo at accao.net> wrote:
>
>> Hmmm. I suppose there is some sort of UI guidelines around?
>>
>> I'm curious as to whether applications can temporarily take over the
>> entire screen (i.e., VNC, games, etc.), rotate it, etc.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rui Carmo
>> http://the.taoofmac.com
>>
>> On May 27, 2005, at 9:05, Tommi Komulainen wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, and no.  The UI layout and graphics are targeted primarily to
>>> 800x480 and 225 DPI.  Adapting to different resolutions works to  
>>> some
>>> extent, but there are certain assumptions and hardcoded values in
>>> places.  These limitations will show up as awkward positioning of
>>> widgets and some distortions in graphics, for example.
>>>
>>> Especially the very high DPI on the N770 means the graphics and  
>>> fonts
>>> are quite large.
>>>
>>>
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