My laptop has a display resolution of 1366x768. Every now and then, I’ll encounter a window whose default height is over 768 and thus won’t fit entirely within my screen. The GTK file picker comes to mind, though it is resizable without much fuss. But then there are those that cannot be resized and being unable to move the titlebar further up, I am forced to use Alt+F7 to see what’s at the bottom.

I suspect that many programs today are designed to work comfortably on higher resolution displays, but not really tested on smaller ones. Understandably, developers only have so much time and 1366x768 is getting long in the tooth. Just wanted to put this out there since nobody seems to be talking about it.

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I would say 1080p should be the baseline for desktop development nowadays, I haven’t seen a display lower than that in use (with the exception of physically smaller screens like tablets or steam deck) in years

    Eye candy is what makes a lot of people take the plunge to switch to Linux in the first place

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 month ago

      with the exception of physically smaller screens like tablets or steam deck

      exactly that. my tablet has the same resolution, and even some plasma utils can’t fit on the screen