The Pose (wallpaper)

[Angstwolf]

Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm using this currently.

[The MAZZTer]

Whenever there's multiple resolutions I grab the biggest one and stretch to fit. Even if it's way too big. Unless you're running an old Windows, it does a pretty good job of resampling.

I do this especially if the images differ slightly, IE same size copyright text that doesn't get bigger on bigger resolutions. Then it gets smaller when I shrink it.

[Steve the Pocket]

I think the 5:4 thing might have been for people who work with vertical documents a lot. Or programs like Flash that have big panels at the bottom. Really, using a widescreen monitor (at "the office") has been nothing but an annoyance for me so far. Too wide to not waste space with one full-screen window; too narrow to fit windows side-by-side comfortably.

That said, I'd be more comfortable with 5:4 and even 1:1 if they were smart enough to "letterbox" the 4:3 modes, like in older fullscreen games.

Widescreen is useful for watching cinematic movies on your HD-DVD player and plasma TV, not so much for desktop publishing and Web surfing.

[CodeCat]

I'd say tall screens are better than wide when it comes to computers. I never really got the appeal of wide screens anyway, so you can fit more text on one line, big deal. I'd rather scroll less.