Yet another distribution question

[Tim Johnson]

I have been developing an application for deployment. I do not yet know who
all of the users will be, and what the lowest common resolution might be. I
have, thus far, been building for a 1024x768 resolution, and have included a
warning if someone's display is lower than that, using an api found at the
access mvp's website.

Is that resolution too high? Should I go a little higher (as the day and
age of HD displays has grown...and 1024x768 looks deplorable on my 1920x1200
display), what is a good rule-of-thumb here?

Thanks in advance,
Tim

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I wouldn't go higher. If anything, I think that may be too high.

You might look into adding functionality to resize your forms to match the
user's resolution. There's information on how to do this in "The Access
Developer's Handbook" http://www.developershandbook.com/ (they have a free
MDE version of their Form scaling/resizing tool available for download at
http://www.developershandbook.com/downloads.htm ), or you can purchase
ShrinkerStretcher at http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm.

In both cases, though, the advice is to start with a low resolution and
stretch the form, rather than shrink it.

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

I have been developing an application for deployment. I do not yet know who
all of the users will be, and what the lowest common resolution might be. I
have, thus far, been building for a 1024x768 resolution, and have included a
warning if someone's display is lower than that, using an api found at the
access mvp's website.

I wouldn't go higher than 1024x768. Could your app by run by folks
with aging eye sight such as folks in their 50s or 70s? That type of
target is what you need to think about.

Tony
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[a a r o n . k e m p f]

who gives a **** about old people?

seriously moveOn.org