Date   : Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:23:53 +0000
From   : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: New Retro Auction Website

On 17/12/2009 20:19, Rick Murray wrote:
> Rich Mellor wrote:
> 
>> I agree - I have raised these issues with the designers but they comment 
>> that most people use a resolution above 1024
> 
> Seriously?!?! That's just being elitist (and a bit stupid). There are a 
> lot of displays of 1024x768 for which nothing can be done - it's a 
> pretty common size of display panel on laptops.
> 
> 
>> have not considered people with poor eyesight who still view screens at 
>> 800x600 !
> 
> Or people with older CRT monitors (where anything over that size just 
> looks bad),

Or people with very new really small laptops with an even lower 
resolution.  A lot of our staff are going for "small and very light" 
these days, having decided that weight, or lack of it, is more important 
than size.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York