16x9 aspect ratio display

[jdow]

From: "Carroll Grigsby" <cgrigs at earthlink.net>

> On Sunday 31 October 2004 05:47 pm, jdow wrote:
>
> >>> snip
>
> > One might wish more web sites could "adapt" in this regard. Too many
> > override the user's "make the damn text bigger you freaking as*!"
> > preferences selections in the interests of their artistic expression.
> > May the pox of a thousand whores infest their genitals!
> >
> > {O.O}   (Can you tell you hit one of Joanne's hot buttons? My eyes
> >         are older than yours so it's REALLY valuable to have better
> >         formed letters and larger text sizes. 6 point text just does
> >         not make it. I can't see 1mil gold bonding wires anymore
> >         with my bare eyeballs.)
> >
>
>
> Joanne:
> I've got the same T-shirt. Mine is probably older and more faded, but...
> here's some ways that I've worked around the issue; perhaps they'll lower
> your blood pressure:
>
> 1. Both Konqueror and Mozilla (and probably others) can be configured so
that
> you can gradually increase/decrease the displayed font size by rotating
the
> mouse wheel while depressing the shift key. You can blow up that teeny
tiny
> stuff that looks like a line to the size that they use on Interstate
signs. I
> find it much more effective than either the "increase/decrease font size"
> tool used on some browsers or the min/max font settings.

A means to magnify the screen by non-integer values might be useful if
that in itself did not introduce it's own fuzz.

> 2. Get some terminal glasses (or whatever the eye doctor people call
them).
> These have lenses that work at a single fixed distance. You'll have to put
up
> with the nuisance of swapping glasses every time you change from terminal
> staring to other tasks. But you will be less fatigued at the end of the
day.

Got 'em, in spades.

> 3. About those 1 mil leads: Tell your boss that you need an inspection
lamp -- > they have a magnifying lens surrounded by a circular flourescent
lamp. Not
> only will it improve your productivity, but you won't be thinking up with
> those nasty curses on his dollar.

I'm my own boss these days. And I've graduated from the RF labs to
writing software for broadcast video gadgets. But I really did used to
be able to see 1 mil bonding wires much to the surprise of my co-workers,
who had forgotten how well they could see at 25 or so. These days it's
nifty to still be able to see, you might say. (And have you ever tried
to see a bit? Those puppies are REALLY small these days.)

{^_-}