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What is the physical aspect ratio of your computer's monitor?

16:9
- 16 (45.7%)
16:10
- 4 (11.4%)
4:3
- 2 (5.7%)
5:4
- 3 (8.6%)
Multiple monitors
- 3 (8.6%)
I am blind or have no monitor
- 1 (2.9%)
Other
- 0 (0%)
I don't know
- 0 (0%)
What's a monitor?
- 2 (5.7%)
Like a monitor lizard or something?
- 4 (11.4%)

Total Members Voted: 35


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DreamThorn

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Monitor aspect ratios
« on: August 01, 2014, 06:08:11 am »
I constantly wonder whether it is entirely necessary to develop for multiple monitor shapes, and, for reasons man was not meant to know, I decided that Bay12 is a good place to ask.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2014, 02:16:16 am »
I might need a larger sample size, but so far, at least the 16:10 is far more popular than I expected.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2014, 02:19:59 am »
i have multiple monitors with different aspect ratios send help
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2014, 02:22:18 am »
Quote from: LordSlowpoke on August 04, 2014, 02:19:59 am
i have multiple monitors with different aspect ratios send help
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2014, 02:25:33 am »
That's what the multiple monitors option is for. :)
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2014, 02:42:07 am »
Where's the lizard option?
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2014, 03:16:51 am »
Ok, I added it.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2014, 03:47:08 am »
I like my slightly deformed squares. I'd have more than one if I had the money. I wouldn't even mind throwing an odd long rectangle here or there if I could keep some squarishes around too.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2014, 04:34:35 am »
16:9, because most things are 1920x1080 nowadays and 4:3 things can be letterboxed. A small monitor does entice me to keep my desktop organized, though.

EDIT: Oooh oh. Having two 4:3 monitors really helps me when I'm working. I don't know why, I'm just much more organized and on-task if I can have my workspace across two monitors instead of alt-tabbing between windows.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2014, 10:15:11 am »
Quote from: DreamThorn on August 04, 2014, 03:16:51 am
Ok, I added it.
Heh, wasn't being serious there. I voted 16x9, got a 1600x900 monitor. Alas, no monitor lizard. Someday, science, it shall be a thing.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2014, 10:16:54 am »
I have 1920 by 1080, which is 16:9.
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Re: Monitor aspect ratios
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2014, 03:14:56 am »
In conclusion:

It seems that having a proper windowed-mode is a good idea, and that I should cater for a variety of monitor shapes and screen resolutions.  And lizards.

I'll leave the poll open, so that the sample size keeps increasing for a while.  Other developers in the future can thus see even better results.
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