set the ACTUAL size of the monitor (diagonal in inches), even decimals matter. i measured the diagonal of my notebook display with a ruler and it's 14.95 inches, so i set exactly that.
in case you're european: 1 inch is 254mm or 2.54cm
i measured the 10 inches of the ruler shown on the monitor (my monitor is too small to show all the 12 inches horizontally) with a ruler and it said 25.4cm so the size of the thing is perfect.
I am curious about the size of my Hp pavillion Netbook,but Im pretty sure its 12 inches.Just incase i am mistaken, i checked the size on this:http://pective.com/pic/1-foot-ruler website.But Now I am Still uncertain about the direct increase of its length and width.I havent a ruler nor tape measure in sight,just my laptop and I in this hotel room I have rented for the weekend while staying in san diego for the college international scholastic decatholon.
Perfect on a 42" 1080x1920. I think screen aspect ration could make a difference. I measured the length of my iphone to check, it was right on: 4.5 inches.
umm, i didnt no what to use this for, i looked up this dog n it said the dog was 13 inches so i looked it up...apparently on here... n found this... so yah, it didnt work
You guys need to set your dpi to get a proper display size http://members.ping.de/~sven/dpi.html after adjusting, you can hold a peice of computer paper up to microsoft word and it'll be the same size
this is waaaaaayyyyy too big! we used this for my little sister's homework, and it was all wrong! thankfully, we found a ruler before she handed it in the next day.
Ruler works perfectly on all resolutions, tried several different ratios and they all are exact.
I think many of the negative comments here are from people who either don't know their screen size and think they do, or don't realize you measure diagonally.
Worked on my 19". LOL gotta love those douchebags saying they beat eachother out and thinking theyre awesome with huge tv's. Sorry, I'm not going to go hook up my computer to the 60" in the living room...lame!!!!
I have a 22 but it was small so i put it on 20 inch, compare with 11" printer paper to get the right alignment (The smaller the screen the bigger the ruler) :)
If anyone was f*****g smart they would scroll down a bit and look at the left side of their screen and look at the tags. Over there you can choose the size of your monitor. Stupid.
I found selecting that I didn't know my monitor size, and then using a dollar bill as comparison, worked excellent. I suggest trying this to get it just right.
they have that nifty tool where you can put an object(credit card, coin, dollar bill) on the screen and make the image of that object the same size as the object to figure out your screen size. I didnt know my screen size and couldnt measure it(duh, I googled for this so no ruler) and after sizing the image to my item the ruler worked perfectly. I came back to double check once I found my measuring tape. Its accurate if you adjust it properly.
My screen is a 17.5 inch and this ruler looks perfect to me. I haven't measured it against an actual ruler, but it looks right.
And also, depending on your connection it might look huge. It always pops up about 3 or 4 times larger when I first open the page, but then it shrinks down to size after a few seconds.
I did not assum the size of my monitor not blindly follow the size that is indicated by the manufacture of my monito and employed the calibration tool attaced to this program. Doing so, and then checking with a yard stick the image shown is accurrate.
To everyone who says this is wrong, it isn't. Most of you probably used the manufacturer size, which is actually an estimate. 15" is usually 15.4", etc. 15.4" works for mine.
All the people saying that it's much too large and stuff, I don't think you realise that you have to change your monitor size on here for it to adapt. Mugs
11 and a half inches exactly on my 23 inch monitor, yet when i drag it onto my (don't mean to brag) second monitor (15 inches) it's also 11 and a half inches.
Usually things just don't seem to work for me but this one did. It's freakin' AWESOME! Also, exactly what I needed to know what size travel/cosmetics bag I needed to purchase online. I'm sharing this link...
I used their generator & a debit card to adjust the size. Works perfectly. Not sure why people are having a hard time, perhaps you should try it a different way?
It shouldn't surprise me, but there are a lot of idiots here. If you set up your monitor size correctly, it works. I used a US nickel to set the size and US penny to check correctness (a US penny is 1/16" thick, a stack of 16 pennies is 1" tall, and a row of 16 edge to edge is 1 foot long).
Some people probably aren't realizing your SCREEN SIZE IS MEASURED DIAGONALLY..... NOT HORIZONTALLY it works fine for me on my 15in mac, so if you got a pc and your having problems that could be the reason too
Hey people after inputing your monitor size get an actual ruler and "Calibrate" your size to screen, so measure the ruler on your screen with a known hand ruler? Messure the applet size and either increase or decrease the monitor size changer until the measure onscreen measures as close to real as possible then remember the moitor selection in order to fit your on screen experience, this way you can bookmark the site with that setting and have at least a portable ruler on screen pretty close the most accurate you can adjust. It still is useful and is intuitive.
If I had a ruler to check the accuracy, I wouldn't have been searching for this online ruler!! :-) I think it looks reasonable on my 15 in macBook Pro monitor...
I am using a 19" monitor at 16:10 aspect ratio (1440x900); it is correct even when changing resolution while keeping the aspect ratio the same. I have no idea if aspect ratio matters, but also keep in mind to have the page at 100% zoom (I remembered I kept the browser at 90% zoom as default).
IF I HAD RULER TO MESSURE MY SCREEN SIZE OR CALIBRATE AS ONE PERSON SAID THEN WHY IN THE H**L WOULD I NEED THIS RULER!!!!! AND WHAT THE H**L IS A COMPACT DISK?
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