10-Foot Experience on XP Pro

[firemage]

Is there a way to get the so called "10-Foot Experience" on a stock version of XP Pro?

Or at least something close to such?

-Gabe

[infiniti25]

This is the "10-foot experience" the poster is referring to http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb...Foot_Experience

[jaclaz]

[sarcasm]

You need:

• This (1 or 2x):
  http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...77&CatId=77
  
• OR this (1 or 2 x):
  http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...27&CatId=75
  
• a 10" stick for the Power ON/OFF button
  
• a BIG screen (or a very, very good eyesight )
  
• a room measuring at least 15" in the direction of your chair-screen
  

[/sarcasm]

WHAT is the question?

jaclaz

[firemage]

I want to get the sizing right so one can use a pc attached to a 42'' hd flat screen, mostly for my grandfather who needs large font support anyway.

-G

[jaclaz]

I want to get the sizing right so one can use a pc attached to a 42'' hd flat screen, mostly for my grandfather who needs large font support anyway.

-G

The link given by Infiniti25 should be what you need:

Display - Part of what makes the display considerations difficult is the wide range of potential display devices, each of which carries a number of special caveats. Some of the issues surrounding specific display technologies are introduced later in the article. Regardless of what the video output device is, at a range of 10 feet it's important that fonts and UI graphics are sized large enough for comfortable readability. Also note that antialiased fonts will generally offer better readability.

Which more or less means, translated into plain English:

"Do the right thing!"

you need to experiment with the actual device and resolution you are using.

I may add that aparts from sheer size there may be font readability issues, it seems like on screens Sans-Serif Fonts and namely Verdana it's easier to recognize/read:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=99265&st=4

Be also aware that for documents the "standard" black characters on white background are much less readable than (for example) black on medium gray or dark blue on light grey, as the white provides a lot of "light/contrast" that tend to blur characters.

Some examples:

http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/di...xtcolor_bk.html

jaclaz