Resolution Question

[dallara]

Not sure if I am posting this in the right area but, I have my display resolution set at 1024x768 on my computer. I have been building my site using NVU and this resolution. I put my web pages on a usb flash drive and took them over to a friends. His was set at 800X600 which threw off alot of my work. I corrected the tables by changing to 100% width but my problem is with my photos. I have alot that are side by side but now are put one right after the other and this throws off my text for each photo. Is the only way to correct this is to resize my photos or should I just set my display to 800x600 and redo all my pages?.....or is the 800x600 displays slowly dieing off and just leave it alone? Any advice appreciated.......thanks!

[TCH-Bruce]

I believe the 800x600 mode to be slowly dying off. I still design with 800x600 in mind but I haven't run that resolution in years.

 

According to this information only 20% are still using 800x600 while 57% are using 1024x768.

 

I wouldn't bother changing it if it looks good at 1024x768 and up.

[dallara]

That is exactly what I wanted to hear Bruce.........thanks.

[abinidi]

I think you have to consider your audience as you make this decision, and decide how important your informaiton it.

 

If you were designing a site for the IRS, then your audience is pretty much every citizen of the United States, including tech-savvy and very un-tech-savvy folks. It is important that all of them be able to read information on the site so for them, you'd want to design a site that looked good at 800x600 resolution.

 

If you were designing a site for computer programmers, then you can guess that many in your audience have their monitors set to a large resolution (and maybe have double screens). Since most people in this audience would (a) have a higher resolution already, or ( be able to change their resolution, or © could skip the information on your site if they didn't want to adjust their resolution, then I think it is okay to go with whatever resolution you wish.

 

So I'd suggest that you analyze your audience and decide who is using YOUR site, and then decide if you are okay losing those whose resolution isn't up to par. If you are, go with your 1024x768. If not, reconsider the 800x600.

 

My guess, is that you'll probably find that 1024x768 is going to be okay. (Unless you want my mom to visit your page, and then you'll have to go to 600x420. She likes those icons REALLY big).

 

Good luck.

[TCH-JimE]

Hello,

 

As a web designer, I gave up some while ago about not being fully supportive for thoose browsing on the 800 resolution and now stick to the minimum being 1024 wide, I have yet to have anybody complain to me about this

 

Jimuni

[zilla]

Wow. I'm in my 30s and will likely never give up my 800x600 resolution. My eyesight is good, too, LOL. Most websites I visit look fine on my computer (99% or more), so those that don't are at a disadvantage if they want to hold my attention. I don't complain, but I don't visit long either. It's a pain to scroll left and right to read something, and it hurts my eyes in the rare case where I do bother to temporarily change the resolution.

[TCH-Don]

If you don't use fixed fonts

its possible for a site to look good at any resolution.