Wanted to try a smaller resolution.

I know, I remember when 800x600 was more than enough for everything.

Look at it this way though, in a few years we will see resolutions such as 1600x1200 too small to be usable. Which is why I created this image.


JPEG is fucking amazing for compression.
The source image for that was around 94MB and using the JPEG algorithm, compressed it to less than 700KB.
BTW, I just did that as a mockup in photoshop to simulate the WHUXGA resolution.

can't wait.
And it is the jpeg compression algorithm you are talking about, not photoshop.

Fixed.

With user interfaces becoming vector scalable in the near future, resolutions are actually going to matter less.

Okay, then good luck running a scaled 1600x1200 desktop on 800x600. Vector interfaces will just make larger resolutions more desirable in my opinion.

So wouldnt that mean resolutions matter more?

So wouldnt that mean resolutions matter more?

No.

Since what he is saying would mean something like the windows xp taskbar would measure .5" on a 23" screen with a high resolution and .5" on a 18" screen with a lower resolution  because of vector DPI scaling.

So basically the resolution will only mean more detail instead of screen real estate, unless the user wants to change it.

So basically the resolution will only mean more detail instead of screen real estate, unless the user wants to change it.

Even in this situation the resolution matters. Anyone who does image editing would still want to work unscaled at a large resolution, for example.

I suppose, unless we get to the point where we can take pictures at a resolution so high it wouldn't even matter.
Or if we some how invented a vector camera.

FISHIES.

I know, I remember when 800x600 was more than enough for everything.

Look at it this way though, in a few years we will see resolutions such as 1600x1200 too small to be usable. Which is why I created this image.

Warning. VERY SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION ALERT! RESOLUTION IS 7860x4800! (Click to reveal)

JPEG is fucking amazing for compression.
The source image for that was around 94MB and using the JPEG algorithm, compressed it to less than 700KB.
BTW, I just did that as a mockup in photoshop to simulate the WHUXGA resolution.

I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if i were to set my resolution to this..


And by the way, I made a 4096x4096 PNG image containing every possible color and it's under 100KB so there ^__^

Probably every possible color in a 1 bit palette.

There you go!!

There you go!!

its prty big (Click to reveal)

That, like, froze my computer.