[casual_games] app resolution

[Charles Parcell]

Matthew Ford wrote:
> I have a related question: I want my "gamelike app" to be played in its own
> Flash player window (because it's a social app and I expect people to want
> to tab back to Messenger and email while they play it). I expect quite a few
> people will have a screen res of 800*600 in which case I want my window to
> take up just about all of the screen except for the Windows taskbar. To
> accomplish that while making the most use of space, I've reckoned the Flash
> stage should be 790*530. That 530 came from 600 minus one-line taskbar minus
> window title bar. If they have a higher screen res, my app will still be
> 790*530, which is fine because it leaves more room for them to have other
> apps hovering in the background.
>
> Questions are:
> --If someone is in 800*600 res, is it a good idea for the Flash app to be
> 790*530? Is this too big or does it fail to take up all available space?
>   
I think you are forgetting the Windows Task bar. On Mac this is not an 
issue.

> --Am I right to expect to be able to launch my app *from* a web page, but
> *as* a Flash player window? I don't want to imbed my app within a fully
> rigged web browser because I'd lose a lot of space for web browser
> navigation
Not that I am aware of. From a browser you could pop  a browser window 
with no navigation or menu to get a small window.

Charles P.