Sun, 2008 Oct 05
Minesweeper
I’m playing Minesweeper a lot these days. I know, classic Windows game. The one the haven’t yet messed up with an “Internet version”. Anyway, it’s a fun game, doesn’t take too long per game, although in sum, I can wile away many hours.
Complaint: I’m a big fan of resolution increases. I can fit more stuff on the screen, and it’s increasingly clear. The problem is that things keep getting physically smaller, which is particularly noticeable with the little cheesy games which are sensitive to click location. Say, Minesweeper. Also, websites (and no, I don’t particularly care IE7’s weird resizing thing. It ends up looking fuzzy. Of course, I avoid IE anyway).
So, what about per application/window resolution? Is this technically feasible? Obviously, it could be a pain for the user–“Hey, why is the menu bar in Word so much bigger”–but it could be very nice as well. I have my mouse reactions tuned to my normal state of work–bookkeeping and programming. I want quick movement not fine interactions, which doesn’t work so well in super-mini-looking Minesweeper.
General purpose typically means multiple purpose. But resolution settings tend to hope for one-size-fits-all. Of course, there’s probably many other solutions.
