Netbook Most have low resolution displays, which means that applications that look good on your desktop or laptop computers are more difficult to handle, on a Netbook with a 10-inch, 1024 x 600 pixels or lower resolution or display.

A to a time when most applications were for 800 x 600 pixels or lower resolution displays, you can always dig old programs for your Netbook. But a handful of developers are also upgrading existing applications to optimize it for small screens. Ars Technica has an article about a new version of the Banshee media player has a “Cubano” interface designed specifically for Netbook. Banshee was originally written for Linux, but it also runs on OS X.

Another Netbook Linux Anjal is about an e-mail program that has a tabbed UI for small screens.

via PortableMonkey