The basic cube component width/height aspect ratio is 1.33 approximately. The frame in which the cube is displayed includes a title bar, menu bar, tool bar and status bar that absorb some of the available vertical pixels. Furthermore, most users locate their task bar at the bottom of the screen, and that further diminishes the number of vertical pixels available for the cube display. The net effect is that there will be an over-supply of horizontal pixels for screens with a width/height aspect ratio in excess of about 1.1. For screens in common usage, the frame in which the cube is displayed usually uses all the available vertical pixels but not all the available horizontal pixels when scrolling is disabled. When scrolling is enabled, the shortage of vertical pixels can be significantly neutralised. For screens of high aspect ratio (e.g. 1.6) a neater display will result if the full available screen width is not utilized. Under rare circumstances where available horizontal pixels are restricted because of window (or windows) in use at the side(s) of the screen, the horizontal direction may be the limiting one. Either the screen's full available height or full available width is always utilized.
The application has been designed to display properly on screens with 800 x 600 pixel resolution or higher.
All items in the main display, except the cube itself, are of fixed size in pixels. The cube picture and time display are of fixed size in pixels and are relatively large. As the screen resolution setting is lowered, the cube picture and time display will eventually become so large that they overlap the cube display.
The cube elements are always made of equal size in pixels in both horizontal and vertical directions. For LCD screens, if the chosen resolution is not equal to the native value, or the same multiple thereof in both directions, distorted graphics will result.