Screen Resolution Trends

[Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO]

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>Something that's been skirted in this discussion is the idea that the
>whole point of a windowing environment is that no one application takes
>all of the resources - they share the screen, so whatever the screen's
>maximum resolution is, any given app should take _less_ than 
>that for it's
>standard resolution.
>
>That's been something that's frustrated me.  We have this ideal of
>multiple working windows, but unless you're on some 
>super-pricey graphics
>workstation you're usually reduced to maximizing each 
>application in turn
>to make the most of your resources.
>

I have to put my home monitor on 1200x1600 so that I can get a decent
workspace w/ several apps open at the same time and them all be usable.