Web Page Resolution... Developing

[cyb3rgh0st]

I know people still are using the 800 x 600 res when they are designing pages. I seem to think it is rare to find users still using this resolution. I tend to think the majority is at least 1024x768.

Question is what are youtypically designing for when it comes to the resolution?

What is you actual size of say the top banner when desiging for a 1024x768..... i.e. banner width 950pix?

Are you using code to adjust the page for the users setting.. i.e. what ever their res is set at the page adjust to that size? If so what code are you using to do that?

Appreciate your help.

[aj_nsc]

The actual viewport width of a 1024x768 screen is 1016, so as long as your banner as less than that, you'll be fine. Don't adjust the code/page being displayed based on the users resolution - you should code your css so it looks fine on any res 1024x768 above. I have in the past several months designed a couple of clients sites for 800x600 because I know it is still in use (~7% of internet users) but because it's so small, I'm actually moving away from it. People might disagree with my method, (I'm sure some do) because I'm excluding 7% of users, but in reality, you can't do as much with a 792px width viewport that you can with a 1016px width viewport - not even close. And when you look at a page designed for 800x600 on, say a 1280x1024 resolution (~16% of users), then it just looks bare and weird. Hope that helps.

In my opinion, these are reliable web stats - http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php

[Eye for Video]

I appreciate the comments so far, thanks!
I'd like to add that I have dropped the 800X600 and only design for wider monitors. Yes it may exclude a few users now, but the chances are, that whoever may want the lower resolution, is not going to be changing their site anytime in the near future. Way do I say that? Well, 800X600 is not exactly cutting edge. So do them a favor, create a site for them they can leave static for a year in necessary. What will monitor standards be a year from now? Well… wider than they are now, and certainly wider than they were 2 years ago.
Designing for a 1024X768 does not prevent older monitors from viewing a site.. but it may elicit comments like “ Dang… I know (already that) I really need to upgrade.”.
On the other hand, designing a site using old, outdated standards, gives the appearance that the company behind the site is behind the times, not able to keep up.
Far more often problems will develop when designing to accommodate the past than when striving to design for the future.

Eye for Video
www.cidigitalmedia.com

[UniqueCreations]

I still design for 800 but I think that I will be getting out of that old practice as well.

If I were to build a page right now for a client and explain to them about resolutions it might be sensible to them to have a 100% user ability to navigate the page perfectly. If the client insisted on it, then it would not be a bad idea to use a browser/resolution detection script and make multiple websites of the same content that can be viewed perfectly on multiple browser/resolutions. The good thing about doing this besides the universal viewing is that I would get to bill the client much more time! If they understood this I would imagine that depending on the importance that they might choose against it.

Personally, I say let the outdated PCs out there have to scroll.. they must be used to it by now!

[cyb3rgh0st]

Sweet,

Thanks for the quick replies. I love having the support of the world at my fingertips.