who else perfers the 6" reader?

[j.p.s]

My 7" Oasis with cover fits in most, but not all, of my cargo pants pockets. If ditching the cover would let it fit, I would do so, because the Oasis is rigid and the glass display face is sturdy. If wide bezel wasn't so excessively wide, the Oasis would fit comfortably in all my cargo pants.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by haertig

For me, these devices are all about portability. Thus my 6" eReader, 8" tablet and 14" laptop.

At home, I love my big 'ol 32" computer monitor however.
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My laptop is for traveling/vacation use only.

I pretty much agree. Me: 6" ereader, 13.3" 1920 x 1200 laptop, 29" 2560 x 1080 desktop monitor.

[haertig]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Why don't you just adjust the scaling on your laptop?

I do, and that works well for things like web browsers. But not all apps behave gracefully with scaling. e.g., Tthe text might scale OK, but the icons and buttons do not. Or, the icons and buttons scale at the same amount as the text, and become too large that way and waste screen real estate. You would think by now that screen scaling would be a perfectly executed done deal, but it isn't. The results depend on the specific programs you run, the operating system you run, etc.

For a different example, look at out forum's screen in the screenshot below. Here it is displayed on my 2560x1440 monitor with the web browser window at full screen. Look at all the unused space to the sides. This website doesn't scale to fill the window size you give it. It just uses a small portion in the middle. Mind you, the website would be unusable IMHO if it actually scaled to this full width - you'd be turning your head side to side to use it on a 32" monitor. But I'm just using this as an example to illustrate that we haven't solved scaling issues 100% yet.

[nabsltd]

Originally Posted by haertig

For a different example, look at out forum's screen in the screenshot below. Here it is displayed on my 2560x1440 monitor with the web browser window at full screen. Look at all the unused space to the sides. This website doesn't scale to fill the window size you give it. It just uses a small portion in the middle.

Go to the bottom of the page and at the left you will see a combo box. Change from "Fixed" to "Liquid", and the website will fill the browser window.

Mind you, the website would be unusable IMHO if it actually scaled to this full width

If you think it's "too wide", don't maximize the window. In every current OS with some sort of windowing interface, you can resize a window to any size that makes you happy.

[haertig]

Originally Posted by nabsltd

Go to the bottom of the page and at the left you will see a combo box. Change from "Fixed" to "Liquid", and the website will fill the browser window.

Ha! I did not know about this setting. Thanks!

If you think it's "too wide", don't maximize the window. In every current OS with some sort of windowing interface, you can resize a window to any size that makes you happy.

I don't use a maximized web browser window on larger monitors. I just grabbed that full screen snapshot to illustrate some of the things you might see with scaling that is not 100% as you may desire it.