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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:54:02 PST8
From:	Michael Rakijas <mrakijas@oco.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Adjustments for 1600 x 1200

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** Reply to message from "J. R. Fox" on Fri, 21 Mar 2003
11:27:04 PST8

> Peter replied to me:
>
> > But if you just want all the icons to be bigger, you want a software
> > add-on that does this on-the-fly.
> >
> > > Does SNAP offer any overriding adjustment in this regard ?
> >
> > Do you *just* want bigger icons? SNAP offers zoom but I don't think it
> > is "aware" of icons.
>
> Basically, what I would want is this: I'm used to running 1024 x 768. I don't want to have to stare at
> tiny icons and tiny text. If the proper (native) Res. for a replacement panel or CRT happens to be
> 1600 x 1200, I would want to be able to resize Text *and* Icons such that they would continue to display
> at about the sizes I was used to, on a 1600 x 1200 screen. There should be no loss of sharpness in doing
> so. If I can't do this, I don't want to travel down that road.

You're still talking about a flat panel screen, right? I think you have very
few options. Probably the best option is to try and use the "stretch" or "zoom"
option of the display, if there is one. Second best is the zoom of SNAP or
display driver. Either of these two will likely give some funky artifacts,
specifically because there is not an integer mapping of pixels from 1024 x 768
to 1600 x 1200. There'd be some noticeable blurring as the pixels get remapped
to their new locations with the "tweener" pixels are arbitrated. Even if you
used mappable resolutions (like 800 x 600 to 1600 x 1200), it'd be better but it
will still look funky, i.e. you're just looking at a big 800 x 600 display
rather than a nice, smooth 1600 x 1200 display.

There aren't that many makers of the flat panels - the best you can do is find
the largest flat panel you can find that has the resolution you want (1024 x
768) as its native resolution or stick with CRTs (that's one reason I still like
CRTs).

> Jordan

-Rocky

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