Should vgchartz be wider?

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FJ-Warez on 06 December 2007

1280 * 1024: And looks OK, keep the layout

And leo-j please, PC users enjoy HD since the 90's, is not just your monitor...

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famousringo on 06 December 2007

Chadius said:
It should be designed for 1024 x 768 monitors. Keep that resolution (or smaller) at all costs!

Seconded. Widening would be bad.

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rage4dorder on 06 December 2007

yes it needs to be wider. i have a 30" monitor, 2560x1600, which would be fine, except i also have the font size set to high, so lots of times i can't follow the threads because the text gets cut off :(

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Sqrl on 06 December 2007

ioi said:
WHat kind of screen resolutions does everyone use? Would there be any benefits to making the site display wider on the page or would it mean people scrolling across all the time?

PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!!

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To hell with you people!!!

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If at all possible, please offer some sort of widescreen option we can set in profile. I cannot stress how much I want VGC to be wider....actually here let me show you what it looks like on my desktop.....

maximized on a single monitor(click for full):

maximized on both monitors(click for full):

I know you have tons of stuff to work on but if this is the sort of thing that you think can be knocked out quickly I cannot begin to describe how much I would love for the site to be variable width. Since everything is php based I would think it should be pretty easy to change.

PS - PLEASE!!!

edit: PS - yes I know those shots are old, but the width of the site is the same now as it was then.

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Rubang B on 06 December 2007

@ioi, DON'T DO IT! It's a trap!

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Entroper on 06 December 2007

Guys, if you have widescreen 1920x1080 monitors, you shouldn't be browsing maximized anyway. Put your browser on one half of the screen and something else on the other half. Did you really spend that much money on a monitor to browse the web in widescreen?

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shrimpy_boy11 on 06 December 2007

dont change it! plus new members may not want to join due to having to scroll 24/7

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OriGin on 06 December 2007

At work I have 1024x768 and at home I have 1920x1200 there is a big difference, however leave it how it is...

One thing I would suggest is enabling something in the forums that stretch out individual posts if they have large images in them...

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erikers on 06 December 2007

Width is fine.

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Sqrl on 07 December 2007

Entroper said:
Guys, if you have widescreen 1920x1080 monitors, you shouldn't be browsing maximized anyway. Put your browser on one half of the screen and something else on the other half. Did you really spend that much money on a monitor to browse the web in widescreen?

that is why I have two monitors =P

I'm not asking for the site to change for everyone, just to offer an option that lets you view the site in variable width.

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