Freaky Widescreen Stuff

mrtew · 07-16-2002, 09:49 PM

I have a Powerbook G4 Ti677 RevB. All TiBooks have semiwide screens that are wider than a normal screen, but not as wide as the proportion of the SereneScreen Widescreen format. The first two revisions are 1152x768 and the new one is the same proportion with slightly higher dpi.

The weird thing is when the aquarium runs in screensaver mode it acts as if it is a widescreen adding the purple coral in the middle, but when it's running in fullscreen mode as a program it acts as if it's a normal screen without the coral. This happens even if I make the window wide with the extra coral before I go to fullscreen mode.

They both look fine, although I prefer it with the extra coral, but I just find it strange that it runs differently at different times.

mrtew · 07-18-2002, 07:29 PM

See... here are the pix! The left one is the program running full screen stretched, and the second one is the screensaver running full screen squished. They both look fine, but I don't really think either one is correct. And I am still mystified by why they are different. There doesn't seem to be any way to control either one.

feldon34 · 07-18-2002, 09:01 PM

Thanks for the posting.

I assure you that members of the Macintosh development team do read this forum and will look into the problem.

JimO'Connor · 07-18-2002, 09:27 PM

Your screen aspect ratio is exactly 1.5, which is exactly the point where we split between going wide or normal (halfway between the aquarium's normal and wide aspect ratios). The bounding rectangles we get in the app and in the screen saver must differ by one pixel, so in one we go wide and in one we go normal.

Jim Sachs · 07-19-2002, 12:47 AM

Nothing strange going on here. The Normal version is 1024x768, so it would have to be stretched to fit the resolution you are using. The Widescreen version is 1280x768, so it would have to be squished.

All this will be moot when I do the 3D background. The view window will simply show however much of the very wide background it needs to.

mrtew · 07-19-2002, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by Jim Sachs
All this will be moot when I do the 3D background. The view window will simply show however much of the very wide background it needs to.

COOL! Well stop reading the forums and get to work!!! :-] I just can't wait for the new background, the creatures and the Gobi! Hurry!!!
And please make the backdrop a color that can be changed for people that don't like blue! I want an orange background, or maybe a deep green or purple one, and maybe a light yellow one the next day. Or dark grey would look nice.... etc.

feldon34 · 07-19-2002, 06:35 PM

You don't really want to know Jim's work schedule. Spending time here on the forum ABOUT his products is his break from working ON the products 12 hours a day. Scary.

Jim Sachs · 07-21-2002, 09:35 PM

A 12-hour day is a day off.

IXNAY · 07-22-2002, 09:11 AM

Hey I always thought a day has 24 hours

work slave

just kidding

07-16-2002, 09:49 PM	#1
mrtew Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: michigan Posts: 109	Freaky Widescreen Stuff I have a Powerbook G4 Ti677 RevB. All TiBooks have semiwide screens that are wider than a normal screen, but not as wide as the proportion of the SereneScreen Widescreen format. The first two revisions are 1152x768 and the new one is the same proportion with slightly higher dpi. The weird thing is when the aquarium runs in screensaver mode it acts as if it is a widescreen adding the purple coral in the middle, but when it's running in fullscreen mode as a program it acts as if it's a normal screen without the coral. This happens even if I make the window wide with the extra coral before I go to fullscreen mode. They both look fine, although I prefer it with the extra coral, but I just find it strange that it runs differently at different times. mrtew

07-18-2002, 07:29 PM	#2
mrtew Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: michigan Posts: 109	See... here are the pix! The left one is the program running full screen stretched, and the second one is the screensaver running full screen squished. They both look fine, but I don't really think either one is correct. And I am still mystified by why they are different. There doesn't seem to be any way to control either one. mrtew

07-18-2002, 09:01 PM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Thanks for the posting. I assure you that members of the Macintosh development team do read this forum and will look into the problem. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

07-18-2002, 09:27 PM	#4
JimO'Connor Mac Development Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kenai, Alaska Posts: 678	Your screen aspect ratio is exactly 1.5, which is exactly the point where we split between going wide or normal (halfway between the aquarium's normal and wide aspect ratios). The bounding rectangles we get in the app and in the screen saver must differ by one pixel, so in one we go wide and in one we go normal. Jim O'Connor Order N Development

07-19-2002, 12:47 AM	#5
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	Nothing strange going on here. The Normal version is 1024x768, so it would have to be stretched to fit the resolution you are using. The Widescreen version is 1280x768, so it would have to be squished. All this will be moot when I do the 3D background. The view window will simply show however much of the very wide background it needs to. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

07-19-2002, 05:43 PM	#6
mrtew Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: michigan Posts: 109	Originally posted by Jim Sachs All this will be moot when I do the 3D background. The view window will simply show however much of the very wide background it needs to. COOL! Well stop reading the forums and get to work!!! :-] I just can't wait for the new background, the creatures and the Gobi! Hurry!!! And please make the backdrop a color that can be changed for people that don't like blue! I want an orange background, or maybe a deep green or purple one, and maybe a light yellow one the next day. Or dark grey would look nice.... etc. mrtew

07-19-2002, 06:35 PM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	You don't really want to know Jim's work schedule. Spending time here on the forum ABOUT his products is his break from working ON the products 12 hours a day. Scary. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

07-21-2002, 09:35 PM	#8
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,774	A 12-hour day is a day off. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

07-22-2002, 09:11 AM	#9
IXNAY Green Frog Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 840	Hey I always thought a day has 24 hours work slave just kidding IXNAY dreaming of the serene terrarium - My Private Homepage -