>I've written an app for my own use, and I'd like my wife to use it as well, on her pc. However, I developed it for myself originally, and I have a 1024 by 768 display resolution. She has her pc set at 800 by 600. So when I run my app on her pc, a lot of my display is lopped off on the right side. I guess I could rewrite the app for her. However this raises a more interesting question... How do you guys write apps that are meant for various users on different pcs keeping in mind that the app will look differently on the different pcs... in some cases (like my wife's) not being usable at all?.
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>Could you the help.
>Thanks,
>Rich Murillo

I usually design screens so that they should be usable in the minimum resolution that would generally be supported by the standard OS settings -- usually that meant 640x480 for Windows 95/98/Me, and 800x600 for WinXP and later. Of course this also means that we also get the occasional complaint from a few users that our screens are too small.

One other factor aside from screen resolution you may have to keep in mind is the DPI setting. Setting to "large font" generally reduces the resolution one size smaller -- so 1024x768 in large font is effectively the same as 800x600 in standard font (and likewise 800x600 in large font is effectively the same as 640x480 in standard font).