Screen size for winform apps

[John]

Hi

I have been developing apps with screen size 800x600 for maximum
compatibility. I am just wondering if I should start my newest app with
screen size 1024x768. What is the commonly used standard?

Thanks

Regards

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

If you intend to continue to target older operating systems and machines,
stick with 800 * 600. If you target later systems either go for the
1024*768, which is still small on many modern monitors, or try to make a
totally resolution independant application.

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[John]

Hi Bob

Many thanks. How can I make my app resolution independent? Is there a
reliable third party tool available to do that?

Thanks

Regards

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Many thanks. How can I make my app resolution independent? Is there a
reliable third party tool available to do that?

You could use splitter controls, docking, anchoring, and the
tablelayoutpanel and flowlayoutpanel controls to make your controls resize
if the form size gets changed.

 

[Phill W.]

I have been developing apps with screen size 800x600 for maximum
compatibility. I am just wondering if I should start my newest app with
screen size 1024x768. What is the commonly used standard?

These days, it's probably safe to /start/ at 1024x768 but I still know
quite a few people running at 800x600. /Whatever/ size you choose to
start from, stick to this rule : "build small, allow for more".

It's far, /far/ easier to take a small window and get it to scale up
nicely, to make use of a bigger screen, than it is to take a big one and
try to squash it down again.

HTH,
Phill W.

 

[Kevin S Gallagher]

Sometimes the issue lays in accessibility, user is visually impaired and
nothing technical is going to change this. We strive for 1024 mode if at all
possible but three percent of our applications require 800x600.

As others have mentioned, it's better to start small (800x600) if in doubt.