On 07/29/2012 04:07 PM, Thomas Bruederli wrote:
- I have a 1024x768 display, and if I reset the zoom level (ctrl+0) in the
browser, then the mailbox view (with or without preview pane) does not fit on the screen. A horizontal scroll bar appears, but who want's to have to scroll right just to see the "Settings" and "Logout" buttons, half of "Address Book" button, columns right of Date etc.? It takes two zoom out's (ctrl+-) to get to a point where the horizontal scroll bar goes away, but at that point the text is uncomfortably small. At 1280 this is not a problem.
There was a recent request to explicitly add a minimum width which triggers a horizontal scrollbar. Of course that's not very nice but even worse is the situation where UI elements don't fit on the screen and overlap each others. 1024 has been a default for long time but nowadays screens become wider and therefore we increased the minimum size. Making everything fit into 1024 would probably affect the general arrangements of the UI elements and thus be a drawback for users with higher resolutions (which I believe is the majority).
I see min-width of the UI is set to 1150px. I think it's too much. 1024px is a more reasonable value for me. I'm using FullHD screens, but never open a browser in full screen. 1024px is more natural.