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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Jan 4, 2007 8:20AM

Emma Duke-Williams mentioned:
> a CRT monitor that was 800 by 600 pixels. (And I think a 15"
> screen).
And:
> a 1400 pixel screen - and a 12.1" screen.

That's a fairly major change in resolution (rover 25%?), without much of
a change in the interface sizes.

I think we are going to hear quite a lot about zoomable interfaces in
the next couple of years: Apple recently patented some "resolution
independent" interface methods.

I'm not sure if they will appear in the net version of OSX, but we can
already see the ideas filtering through to web design with IE7's zoom.
Of course, Opera has had this for years, but it's nice to see it getting
through to the desktop in general.

Kind regards,

-Alastair

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