OT: web design and screen resolution

Ted Gould ted at gould.cx
Mon Feb 6 00:35:31 MST 2006


On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 23:46 -0700, Joseph Huber wrote:
> Dunno if I am going to open a can of worms here... anyone out there that has 
> done some web page design (free-lance, during the day job, whatever) have 
> any thoughts on a screen resolution to aim for? I am thinking that 15 inch 
> monitors and 800x600 is pretty much a thing of the past (and that 17 inch is 
> fast going the same way) but that 1024x768 is reasonable resolution. I have 
> a 17 inch monitor at home and usually have the browser maximized... but at 
> work on a 19 inch (to me) having a window maximized seems to make it too 
> big.

I rarely have a browser window wider than 800 px.  I don't really
maximize anything, so my browser window is smaller.  With things like
CSS and such, you could be able to make a resizable webpage pretty
easily.

		--Ted

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