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What I don't get about this trend (I must be missing something) about software hiding every toolbar (and sometimes useful ones) to get more "vertical space" lik
by jbk 15y ago
What I don't get about this trend (I must be missing something) about software hiding every toolbar (and sometimes useful ones) to get more "vertical space" like "vertical space" was a very valuable asset, while the computer industry is forcing everyone to screens with less vertical resolution...
Moreover, since most websites are fixed-width and that computers are moving to 16/9, I don't get why browsers (I know, not Opera) make it very hard to make vertical toolbars (like shortcuts and bookmarks, for example) on the sides...
- Andrex 15y agoChrome does have a side tabs option, and I'm sure maximizing horizontal space will become important going forward.
- sp332 15y agoVertical space is valuable now because there is less room to work with. As hardware manufacturers push shorter screens, software will work harder to reclaim that height.
- jbk 15y agoWell, if this is that much valuable, the hardware manufacturers wouldn't push shorter screens... And the Windows taskbar wouldn't take that much space! :D I really must be missing something on what people want and do with their computers...
- blogimus 15y agoConsider tablets and desktops versus notebooks and smartphones. Biggest impact is on notebooks whose vertical real estate is at a premium. Second are smartphone because of their form factor. As far as tablets and desktops: You can rotate your tablet and you can use a big monitor (or rotate that too if supported).
- sp332 15y agoManufacturers make them shorter because they are sold on the size of the diagonal. A 4:3 screen with a 24" diagonal is 14.4"x19.2" = 276.5 square inches. A 16:9 screen with the same diagonal is only 11.7"x20.8" = 243.4 square inches. Even if the retail price changes proportionately to the area, manufacturers come out ahead because each manufacturing defect only affects a 240 sq. in. product instead of a 280 sq. in. product. Smaller screens mean less waste, which means cheaper (more popular) product and higher margins.