In modern times, if you’re connected to an AS/400 mainframe, it’s meant to be full-screen using a very specific aspect, in this case 4:3 or the close equivalent 5:4. That all started with old-as-dirt mainframe terminals which only did one thing as a time per user session. I don’t know where this design philosophy coalesced, but I can see it growing hand-in-hand over the years…” “A lot of business applications are designed to FULLSCREEN no matter what the user wants. The rest of us Workers get headaches and eye fatigue. Only teenagers and gamers truly like insanely high resolutions. due to font resizing and increased resolution needed to see the entire app interface. Stretching it over a widescreen made it ‘un-navigable’. My office is mounting an EMR, but the app was designed only for FullScreen on 5:4. They don’t tend to be listed for customer web search anymore. PS– if you buy your equipment through a Business supplier like CDW, you can STILL get 5:4 aspect flatscreen for relatively comparable prices to similar aspect widescreens, but I found I have to ASK my sales rep for them. Under these circumstances, Widescreen is superfluous. The Warehouse guy is ONLY looking at Storage Inventory, PERIOD. The Nurse is ONLY supposed to be access Medical Data– not browsing Youtube. Years ago, that same worker would have only been working his Excel Sheet – FULLSCREENEDīeyond the office, in the warehouse or in a Medical office, the application packages are by default FullScreen apps becuase the user in those settings is a Single Purpose User. Only recently do office workers begin to have several windows open at the same time with their Excel Sheet because they also want to see the chat pop-ups, or the website text they are sifting through or the Market Ticker. I don’t know where this design philosophy coalesced, but I can see it growing hand-in-hand over the years with the article’s pointed note about users who REFUSE to open and re-size app windows. (May2015) ReplyĪ lot of business applications are designed to FULLSCREEN no matter what the user wants. Clean, crisp and gorgeous colors at 1920×1200 native resolution, but the only way to make them useable for text, spreadsheets and office demands, is to increase the screen view to 110 percent and in doing so, there goes the clarity and sharp text. Blurry text and images quickly causes eye strain and head aches.Ĭurrently I’ve just upgraded from quad 19’s to 24 inch. Yes you can increase the monitors viewing size 110-115% to equal a 19 inch 5:4 aspect ratio text size, but in leaving a monitors ‘Native’ resolution, text and image clarity goes out the window. Widescreens may suit gamers, but when it comes to eye strain, commonplace 1920×1200(24″) or 1600×1200(20″) are a very poor choice. My computer is a tool, not a toy, and I already have a big screen for movies. Although widescreens have become the norm for new monitors, not everyone spends thousands of dollars for a computer system to play games on.
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