Monday, April 5, 2004
New VGA Screenshots of PI & Pixel Doubling in PPC2003SE
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 AM
Alex (of Pocket Informant fame) dropped us a line to say that there are some new screenshots of PI available. These show Contact with mini-text and the Month View in very small, yet readable text. I’ve included a great shot below – it shows how you can clearly read all the appointments for a whole month on one screen if you have the eyesight to take it. :drool: In this thread Alex has posted pictures of various apps showing how pixel doubling works and how the Pictures app works on high resolution pictures.
He goes on: "These are random VGA screenshots mainly showing how non-VGA enabled apps still get the crispness and high res ability in built in controls, but without taking advantage of VGA natively. The purpose of these pics is NOT to show how a VGA enabled app takes advantage of VGA: See - only the apps built in icons are low res. All the text is very sharp. If the app was VGA enabled, it could make the font size much smaller for far more data on screen as an option."
So, VGA, rather nice then! :clap: Have your apps the same size they always were (with sharper text) or use a VGA enabled app and set your preferences - normal, small or tiny sized fonts & controls. I’ve always used a hack to decrease the systems font size, so it's going to be great to have these options. VGA, it’s in my future – is it in yours?
He goes on: "These are random VGA screenshots mainly showing how non-VGA enabled apps still get the crispness and high res ability in built in controls, but without taking advantage of VGA natively. The purpose of these pics is NOT to show how a VGA enabled app takes advantage of VGA: See - only the apps built in icons are low res. All the text is very sharp. If the app was VGA enabled, it could make the font size much smaller for far more data on screen as an option."
So, VGA, rather nice then! :clap: Have your apps the same size they always were (with sharper text) or use a VGA enabled app and set your preferences - normal, small or tiny sized fonts & controls. I’ve always used a hack to decrease the systems font size, so it's going to be great to have these options. VGA, it’s in my future – is it in yours?
