> The 4x3 aspect monitors were bigger. The 16x9 added only horizontal space. Unless you had a large monitor back then and a small monitor now, this is incredib

> The 4x3 aspect monitors were bigger. The 16x9 added only horizontal space. Unless you had a large monitor back then and a small monitor now, this is incredibly incorrect. Back in the 1024x768 days, most people probably had a 15" monitor. You might have had 17" if you were lucky. Even at 17", that monitor is only 13.6 x 10.2" Now, People on a 16:9 are likely running a minimum 22". At 16:9, that's 19.2 x 10.8". ...shit you might be right. But really only if you had a large 4:3 monitor and now have a small 16:9 monitor. 4:3 15" is 12 x 9", and 16:9 24" is 20.9 x 11.8. 27" is 23.5 x 13.2. Laptop screens are of course a different beast. Still though, with resolutions being higher, certainly they could have used a pixel or two to create an actual window edge.