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I have a good sized moniter and keep it cranked to the highest resolution possible. I've done it so long that to do otherwise would seem strange to me. But I suspect most of the world still does otherwise.
I'm in the process of designing a new web site for our company and am wondering if its prudent to increase the page size from 600 X 800 to something a little larger... or will too many folks not be able to view it properly without scrolling???
I'm looking for suggestions...
-grampa dan
-------------------- Dan Sawatzky Imagination Corporation Yarrow, British Columbia dan@imaginationcorporation.com http://www.imaginationcorporation.com
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The best policy is to check your stats to determine what resolution(s) the bulk of your visitors are using...and design accordingly.
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Dan, Ive did a few sites, and most of them are around 750 by 480 or so. I just finished one a while back for a local radio station and it was 796 by 498. I usually look at other sites too to see what they use. I think most people still use the resolution of 800 by 600 on their monitors, so I ususally design with that in mind. Heres the one I did recently. WTUK
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Your other option is to build it using relative table widths. This Letterhead site would be an example of that... it changes widths as you increase or decrease the size of the window, making it full screen viewable for high or low resolutions.
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720x480 is standard size for your viewer as not all monitors and resolution settings are the same. Plus you have to think about the download speed or connection the person is using.
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Dan - we're starting to design more sites at 1024 now. Depends on audience, but business to business is more apt to be 1024 at least, while business to consumer still holds a lot of 800 pix wide users.
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I'm still designing at 780 (leaves 20pix for scrollbar). Dell has been shipping computers set to 1024, but there are still alot of 800 x 600 users. I think maybe in a couple more years I'll start designing in 1024 exclusively, but till then. . . .
I have made a site with expanding widths, but sometimes if there isn't much content, you end up with too much space and it looks kinda naked
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