I don't want to offend anyone with poor eyesight. I myself wear contacts and I am sure I will also have issues as I age. Many Photoshop users are into photography. But a 15" monitor is a terrible size to use if you have issues with the size and details of a 15" monitor at a very low 1024x768 resolution. And 800x600 is just unacceptable on any size monitor.

I would highly recommend a 21" or larger CRT monitor and have it set to a bare minimum of 1280x960 or 1280x1024. CRT is very affordable and 1280x1024 will look even larger than your 800x600 does on a 15" monitor.

It would be a silly thing for Adobe or any software designer to create software for anything lower than 1024x768. And poor eyesight is by far the worst excuse for using 800x600 resolution. Especially with the cost of very large 21"+ CRT monitors being so low.

The best thing you could do for your eyes AND PhotoShop useability (and all computer creativity), is to get a larger monitor suitable for your eyesight.

Even if all apps were designed to have easy GUI's with low 800x600 screens, you would not be able to avoid the huge amount of scrolling, panning, and zooming you would have to do in order to effectively use Photoshop.

Another reason I recommend a CRT (other than cost) is that you have more flexibility on using lower resolutions like 1280x1024. Many LCDs at 21" are native 1600x1200 and while that would most likely give you the same size per inch as your 15" at 800x600, why not have the option of really large icons and text while still enjoying the higher resolution of 1280x1024 instead of a terrible 800x600.

Anyways. The designers were kind enough to base the gui on a tiny 1024x768 resolution which is really stretching it if you ask me. Not only should the latest PS not focus on very old hardware, but poor eyesight is an extremely good reason to get a larger monitor.

Personally, that is like having old glasses and then asking sign makers to make the signs bigger instead of getting an updated prescription. Again no offense, I too have terrible vision.

Sandra_Hardt

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