I understand abandoning 4:3. It still is a perfectly usable aspect ratio but I still understand why it went out of use.What I don't understand is why we went from 4:3 straight to- probably the most retarded aspect ratio of all time- 16:9. Even 16:10 is much better than 16:9, 3:2 absolutely mogging it and 21:9 being an actually "wide" aspect ratio. I wasn't around when the transition was happening. Explain this to me. Why 16:9? WHY??
>>102412783Probably because 16:9 is what TVs use, so it's cheaper for laptops and monitors to use the same aspect ratio, even if it doesn't really make sense for computers. Especially when most people have some kind of task bar at the bottom of the screen, and some also have a bar at the top.
because it's a middle ground of mediocrity which can display 4:3 or 21:9 content without bars being obnoxiously largeas for computing, both 4:3 and 16:9 suck ass. 16:10 and 3:2 are what we should've switched to on computing devices. manufacturers switched to 16:9 on both tvs and monitors for convinience
Fov of human vision
>muh 4:3just don't fullscreen your window idiot
>>10241278316:9 was just about the average of various wide formats when there was an attempt to standardize a new ratio
>>102412922>just be an adhd retard bro1024x768 5evaone screen per workspace (or two if one's a terminal output)10 workspacesyou don't need more.ebooks look bettermanga looks betterterminals look bettertext editors look betternon-bloated websites look rightif a tool has an UI designed for 16:9 that's clear sign of what to avoid
>>102412783posting from a 16:10 laptop which I will later hook up to my 24" 16:10 monitor
>>102412783there was a brief time when 16:10 monitors were common and I held on to my 1920x1200 monitors for a long time before finally caving last year to buy a 1440p 240hz monitor
>>102413187My first family pc (From 2007) had a 16:10 displaySadly it broke 1.5 years ago. If not for it I would be a 16:9 npc
I got a new 16:10 monitor a year ago, I'd like to try a 3:2.
>>102412783Cinema, LCD/Plasma allowing bigger screens, laptops.
>>102412783I love 21:9
>>102414643what do you use it for
I have literally never owned a 16:9 LCD monitor.All my laptops were 4:3All my desktops were 16:10Finally gave last year up and switched from triple 1920x1200 to a single 42" OLED TV and it turned out fine enough. I'm only ever using it like I would use a pair of 1920x2160 monitros, which turned out to be perfect for modern vertical-mobile web and for working with text/code.
