Turning right
After much effort I may write about later, I have a newly rebuilt computer, and a new 19” LCD monitor. And this monitor, it rotates.
Web pages and documents the way they’re supposed to be. More information on the screen at once, without so much space lost to margins.
It’s so beautiful, I could almost cry.
It is odd that we've been stuck with TV-sized monitors for so long, instead of moving towards something more practical.
Also (i'm guessing it's because you force a preview in comments instead of a straight submit), even if i click "Remember info?", it doesn't. Maybe a "remember info" checkbox on the submit page would do the job.
Posted by rone on April 4 2005 22:14
Portrait-mode monitors aren't new. This article blames IBM for cementing TV-shaped as the standard. And this article suggests that everyone prefers profile for reading text.
Posted by Zed on April 5 2005 15:20
I have a rotating monitor, too. The problem I find with portrait mode is that many web pages are actually designed for landscape mode. I feel like neither mode is ideal for all situations.
Posted by Ted on April 7 2005 11:55