Best screen size for web site.

Hey there,

Have you considered using percentages rather than fixed pixels? That way you could cover all your bases. The only issue then would be font size.

usually the good size to use in this age is 1024X728 resolution. before the standard size is 800x600 and 720x500.

*1024x768

and that doesn't mean you can make the site 1024 pixels wide, because the browser still has sides and borders and stuff ...

If you design a site for the 1024x768 resolution... it means you design it to fit in a browser running on a system using that resolution. It doesnt meant you make your website 1024px wide!

Width wise anywhere from 775-980px, whatever. You decide.

You're not guaranteed a specific top to bottom size due to all the toolbar, tab, and extra additions people have, as well as both the size of their task bar or how many they have (ie top and bottom).

To add to that point, I'm not kidding when I say I've seen people who's toolbars take up literally half of their browser window.

I generaly design for 1024x768 but keep an eye on posible annoyences with 800x600 such as using the scroll bars to much, because in reality if you have a clean layout keeping menus and such slim and on the top or left its really not going to be a huge issue with smaller screens just tends to be more of a pain. on the same note however I almost exsclusivly used fixed pixel layouts and keep it at or under 700px wide just because I'm use to it and like everything snug in its place.

I was browsing through this and found this topic interesting as I bring my designing forward. I tend to like liquid web pages and make them so after designing at a fixed pixel width to ensure everything prints on one page with no cut off lines of text. For me clicking on a *printer friendly version* is not user friendly and doubles the designing and updating.