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Monitor Settings: Hi-Color. EOTP will look much better if you set your monitor to hi-color--that's 16 bit; 64,000 colors. The natural world in general, and prairie and savanna landscapes in particular are alive with color richness: dusky greens, desert rose, cerulean blues. Earth tones are aptly named--the garish primary colors shown by the typical 256 color monitor are rarely encountered on this planet outside of places degraded by human tastelessness. To convey even a hint of the sensual experience of visiting a living natural area requires at least a hi-color pallet. Tests show that human visual perception is typically in the range of about 90,000 colors; therefore 64K is already something of a compromise. We're sorry this conflicts with the setting required for most games. Hopefully soon computers will evolve to catch up with what primates achieved a few million years ago.
Monitor: Big! EOTP will work better on a large monitor than on a small one; preferably 17" or larger. We're truly sorry about the negative impact this has on the experience of people who don't have access to a larger monitor. But, we believe the trend is moving toward larger monitors, and EOTP is intended as an on-line coffee table book, not as a data base. Coffee Table books are big, and sometimes they don't fit on the shelf--but we still love 'em. However, the data base List of Vascular Plants portions of the site have been designed to allow use on a small monitor. If you are limited to smaller screen, you may wish to try that area directly.
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