http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Narayan Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:36:00 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/#comment-151 I completely agree. Thats why I have made a blog on my website which has more verticle spread compared to other pages of my website. I completely agree. Thats why I have made a blog on my website which has more verticle spread compared to other pages of my website.

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/comment-page-1/#comment-142 zoxcleb Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:09:00 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/#comment-142 u are relying on the thought that screens are being used primarily for work. in the age that we live in now, computer displays are being used more and more as a substitute entertainment center. games, movies, and the like.. not so much for excel or word processing. for work, such as that u have mentioned, one rarely needs screens larger than 21". for other uses, the larger, the more real the experience. u are relying on the thought that screens are being used primarily for work. in the age that we live in now, computer displays are being used more and more as a substitute entertainment center. games, movies, and the like.. not so much for excel or word processing. for work, such as that u have mentioned, one rarely needs screens larger than 21″. for other uses, the larger, the more real the experience.

]]> http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Beena Venugopal Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:58:00 +0000 http://www.rahulgaitonde.org/2007/08/11/the-widescreen-contradiction/#comment-141 Could primarily be because of the way we read/speed read - we scan the central part of the document - hence makes sense to have "vertical screen orientated" applications (I'd say even Outlook ought to be here!). Whereas watching movies, pictures or any such application which requires capturing a lot of info in one glance would require wide-screen- again primarily because of the way the human eye works! So it is pretty sensible to have two kinds of display. Nice observation though! Could primarily be because of the way we read/speed read – we scan the central part of the document – hence makes sense to have “vertical screen orientated” applications (I’d say even Outlook ought to be here!). Whereas watching movies, pictures or any such application which requires capturing a lot of info in one glance would require wide-screen- again primarily because of the way the human eye works! So it is pretty sensible to have two kinds of display. Nice observation though!

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