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Two questions I've been struggling a bit with lately... 1) Are widescreen layouts acceptable yet? 2) As long as the UI stays snappy, how much CPU usage is it
by mishmash 16y ago
Two questions I've been struggling a bit with lately...
1) Are widescreen layouts acceptable yet?
2) As long as the UI stays snappy, how much CPU usage is it okay to use?
- amirkhella 16y ago1) If by wide screen you mean requiring a horizontal scrollbar, the answer is no. I have yet to see a good UI that's wider than a single page. If you mean layouts that fill screen width, I've had some success there (Photo sharing/video sharing websites with grid content are good examples) 2) As little as possible. A typical reaction/animation time should not take more than 300 ms. The key is to test it on slow machines and connections, and optimize for that delay.
- mishmash 16y agoThanks for the insights. 1) And yeah I mean full width fluid layouts w/ no scrollers. > The key is to test it on slow machines and connections, and optimize for that delay. That's harder. My current machines are a Westmere MP and an i7 MBP. I don't currently have any slower machines setup to test on.