Hi,

 

Just looked at the stats for screen resolution at http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

 

So the most common resolution is 1024 768 . . . and beyond.

 

Only 4% of web browsers use 800 x 600. Is it safe or fair to forget about building for that size. Isn't it time to make best use of all the available space with higher res monitors?

 

Also, what's the best way of viewing any new designs at the various resolutions so we can best understand different users are going to see any site we produce?

 

thanks,

 

Jo

Not many people build for 800 x 600, thats a really old resolution and people proabally only have it if they got one of the old beige/white computers

 

I develop mine for 1024 x 768 and up

Thanks,

 

But does that have any implications for accessibility?

 

I suppose it's a balance between making best use of technology as it evolves without forgetting those who can't keep up - maybe for financial reasons.

 

Jo

hi

 

i design for 1024 x 768 now.

 

you could be clever and incorporate some clever javascript and when it detects an 800 screen it could change the layout.

 

let me know if you need an example of this, I did one for somebody once.

 

brian

hi

 

i design for 1024 x 768 now.

 

you could be clever and incorporate some clever javascript and when it detects an 800 screen it could change the layout.

 

let me know if you need an example of this, I did one for somebody once.

 

brian

 

Or you could just use a liquid layout by using percentages rather than pixel widths. thing is you can limit the way you want to lay stuff out.

 

Unless you just accept the fact the 800 x 600 will get a raw deal. But as long as they can still get the main info I think its a necessary evil and they will just have to do a bit of extra sideways scrolling!

If I'm doing a fixed width site I tend to do it 960px wide. I use 960 because it is easy to divide for columns and most of the information will still be there for someone using 800x600.

If I'm doing a fixed width site I tend to do it 960px wide. I use 960 because it is easy to divide for columns and most of the information will still be there for someone using 800x600.

 

Same here, I also use 960px now for my designs so that on 1024x768 and above it looks fine on all of them while still looking not too bad on 800x600.

Previously people used to go for 800*600. But that is old thing. With the trend of high resolution screens that trend is almost gone. Now mostly people go for 1024*768. The difference in clarity with this resolution can be easily observed. So I would recommend you to go for 1024*768.

 

Murs

Hi josoap, this site explains a lot http://960.gs/ . Personaly im going for 1024x768, even eee PCs has 1024 width resolution so 960 grid system just suitable.

The web developer toolbar for FireFox (extention) is a must for designers... You can declare some screen resolutions to resize firefox to at the click of a button. I use it on every single design.

 

I have the list of resolutions below configured for it.

 

• 800 x 600
• 1024 x 768
• 1280 x 800
• 1280 x 1024