Do people at your work use very low resolutions on the computer?

[DCal430]

I noticed many of the older people at more work use things like 1024X768 and even I dare say 800X600 for their monitors. Our monitors are designed for 1280 x 1024 use though. I try to get them to change it, but they say it makes everything too small. Anyone else see this.

 

[AFurryReptile]

Yes, but I'm content to simply let them wallow in their misery.

 

[jagec]

Fix the resolution, then adjust the DPI, geez...

 

[Away]

PEBKAC*









*Problem exists between keyboard and chair

 

[EagleKeeper]

Size of text on a 24" at 1280 or 1600 is much different that on a 20". Less strain. How much more useful info is being displayed to the user at 1600?

 

[RavenSEAL]

The people we support at work do this all the time. We remote into their machines and they have 20 layers of clusterfucked windows @ 800*600.

 

[Matthiasa]

Even 1280x1024 is very low resolution.

 

[vi edit]

Yep and not only that, but we all have laptops and a 19" monitor. I'd wager that over 50% off the people are oly using the monitor and not running extended desktops.

 

[NutBucket]

Yep, see it a lot. Standard issue monitor is 22" LCD these days and many people run less than native resolution.

When I need to call IT they have a hard time using remote desktop to resolve my issue since I run dual 24" screens. I typically have to disable the second screen and lower the resolution too.

 

[Gintaras]

I noticed many of the older people at more work use things like 1024X768 and even I dare say 800X600 for their monitors. Our monitors are designed for 1280 x 1024 use though. I try to get them to change it, but they say it makes everything too small. Anyone else see this.

Tell them to get HD glasses - very cheap now @ CVS

Or even HD with 3D support - older people can't see things in 3D...

 

[Imp]

I remember working for IT two summers and we had 5:4 1280x1024 LCDs. A LOT of people used 1024x768 so everything was slightly distorted, but no ones seemed to care.

 

[Minerva]

See it all the time and it annoys me but whatever floats their boat.
Even had a customer that wanted dual 213Ts (top of the line 1600x1200 21.3" Samsungs back in 2003) for CAD. Used an expensive Matrox (Parhelion?) card to drive both at (drumroll...) 800x600!

That's like buying a ZL1 and not taking it out of second gear.

 

[SKORPI0]

A cousin and brother-in-law do this since they can't read the very small text at 1920x1200. Their 24" monitor is set at 1280x1024.

 

[amdhunter]

Yep and I just let it be. I have people at work who have 1920x1200 monitors running at 1024x768.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Sucks to get old

 

[0roo0roo]

if they cared to know they'd google the answer.

 

[Sonikku]

I remember working for a big call center a couple years ago that had oceans of cubicles and CRTs running in 800x600. When I read some of the posts in the PC gaming forums of how anything less then 2560x1600 at 22" looks HORRIBLE, I can't help but wonder if any of them had to use one of the monitors the grunts had to use at work for a day if they'd shoot themselves.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Yup. We use 24" Dell monitors. I run mine at its native 1920x1200 but everyone else runs them at a much lower resolution. When they try to use mine they always squint in a vain attempt to see the text that I can read from 6 feet away. :biggrin:

 

[EagleKeeper]

Sucks to get old

Something to look forward to
()

 

[lupi]

bunch of fools at my place downgrade the 1680 on 21's to 1280 and it looks like a bad anime cartoon where they intentionally used a small poly count. don't know how they use it.

 

[Linflas]

Tell them to get HD glasses - very cheap now @ CVS

Or even HD with 3D support - older people can't see things in 3D...

I have no problem seeing things in 3D and most people I know that are my age don't have any issue with it either.

Sucks to get old

Funny most of the people I see running 800x600 or 1024x768 at work are 45 and under.

 

[Gillbot]

I see some 800x600 and still some 640x480's....

 

[Capt Caveman]

Funny most of the people I see running 800x600 or 1024x768 at work are 45 and under.

Well, the one's I know that need to lower the resolution of their monitors are older workers. If you want to know more about it - http://www.aoa.org/x9453.xml

 

[DaveJ]

Well, the one's I know that need to lower the resolution of their monitors are older workers. If you want to know more about it - http://www.aoa.org/x9453.xml

For the record, I am 35 and have non-perfect vision. Given my medical history I'll take what I can get, and I am very grateful to have it.

At work and at home I have 24" LCDs that I run at 1680x1050 and prior to that I had a 21" CRT at home that I ran at 1024x768. Sure, you can adjust the font scaling in Windows but surfing the web is a chore at best, good luck getting sites to look good with manually adjusted font sizes, to say nothing of graphics-intensive sites.

 

[nageov3t]

yes.

personally, I think he's too insecure to admit that he's using a sub-optimal resolution.