first screen

first screen

(1) The first display screen ever viewed by the public. Depending on whether "screen" means electronic or not, the first screen was either a movie theater screen or a TV set.

(2) The computing device people use most of the time (where they go "first"). First screen is a marketing term that focuses on which devices get the most attention: smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.
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BOSTON -- Most children diagnosed with type I diabetes who develop celiac disease test positive for celiac autoimmunity at the time of their first screen; thus annual rescreening is necessary only in those with a positive first screen and in those who develop celiac disease symptoms, findings from a retrospective records review suggest.
Not all with type 1 diabetes need celiac rescreening
is now offering its first screen changers, melt pumps, and water-ring pelletizers, built by a domestic supplier under private label.
New sources of pelletizers, screen changers, melt pumps
It also forces you to be as inclusive as possible, including as much information and image in the first screen of your home page rather than depending on visitors to scroll down.
New, detailed resource guides editors and publishers in newsletter and web site design
Back before movie stars had names, Florence Lawrence filled screens and movie magazines and wowed audiences with what critics called her "talented attractions," In 1908 she became the first screen actress to play Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; the following year she signed with Biograph Studios, where she was dubbed the Girl of a Thousand Faces and, eventually, the Biograph Girl, By the time her name began appearing in print, she was the biggest star in the business, But by the late '30s Lawrence was playing bits at MGM, Destitute and alone, she killed herself in 1938.
The Biograph Girl
Visual cues, even as simple as a downward-pointing arrow on the first screen, help users understand there's more stuff below.
The perfect size for an opening home page: field reports and the latest survey results
If information is below the first screen, you have no guarantee that the person who came to your site will still be there one screen later.
Winning the hearts - or at least the eyes - of the online audience

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