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Post November 23rd, 2007, 1:52 am

Hello!

What would you say is the best screen size of a website. I've just started on a new one, but i know it wont fit on most monitors. Mine is set to 1280 x 960 which makes it hard to judge on smaller resolution. I hate changing it as is messes with my icons .

So, what's a good size to use in this age?
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Post November 23rd, 2007, 2:16 am

http://www.ozzu.com/website-design-forum/800x600-now-old-school-t80852.html
http://www.ozzu.com/website-design-forum/800x600-1024x768-t59819.html
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Post November 26th, 2007, 1:38 pm

use the resize addon for firefox, it helps somewhat.
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Post November 26th, 2007, 2:02 pm

Probably 800x600, since you know that a person would have to be pretty far-gone to still be using a resolution under 800x600.
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Post November 26th, 2007, 2:46 pm

What is your audience? If you are aiming for a young technical minded audience then the chances are that many users will be on 1024x800+. If you are looking at a broad audience then 800x600 would be better.
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Post November 27th, 2007, 7:11 am

One thing to bear in mind is that screen real estate is just that. It's space. It's land. Some land you might want to build on, some you might not - maybe you like the open country? Just because the space is there doesn't mean you have to fill it.
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Post November 27th, 2007, 5:17 pm

I agree with Zwirko, one of the primary things you learn in graphic design is proper use of 'white space'. It is in itself a design element.
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Post November 29th, 2007, 1:00 am

Suikolove wrote:
Probably 800x600, since you know that a person would have to be pretty far-gone to still be using a resolution under 800x600.


that res was in play back in 1999, now days computers are equipped with an avrage res of 1280x1024, but to be safe, stick with 1024. just my opinion. ;)
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Post November 29th, 2007, 2:43 am

I think resolution is 1027 x 800 that's ok for web design
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Post November 29th, 2007, 2:59 am

cyberblue wrote:
I think resolution is 1027 x 800 that's ok for web design

that doesn't make sense ...
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Post November 29th, 2007, 8:05 am

Well if you want to please 80% of the market design for 1024x768. According to w3 http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp
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Post November 29th, 2007, 10:40 am

Remember that the browser takes up a certain amount of space in itself - scroll bars, tool bars and any number of other "bars"!

I tend to make the main area of the site approximately 900 to 950px wide as this accommodates for 1024 x 768 users OK, doesn't look stupidly small on a much larger monitor but doesn't completely rule out the small number of 800 x 600 users that remain.
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Post November 29th, 2007, 12:21 pm

Good point whym. Very few people seem to realise that monitor/screen size likely has very little to do with how much space a user actually gives a browser window.

Reminds me of some 456 Berea St. articles I read a while back on this topic. One a quicky with links and the other a poll "Do you maximise your browser window" - with a huge number of comments.



The poll results were summed up thus:
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Baring in mind the audience of that site, I don't know how this would translate globally.


I think the subject is one that could go on forever.
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Post November 30th, 2007, 3:54 am

I sometimes browser on my TV (720x576) and quite often on my phone (300x300). I think you best bet is to go with a fluid design that will happily shrink down to the smallest possible size.
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Post November 30th, 2007, 9:54 am

Zwirko wrote:
Good point whym. Very few people seem to realise that monitor/screen size likely has very little to do with how much space a user actually gives a browser window.

Reminds me of some 456 Berea St. articles I read a while back on this topic. One a quicky with links and the other a poll "Do you maximise your browser window" - with a huge number of comments.



The poll results were summed up thus:
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Baring in mind the audience of that site, I don't know how this would translate globally.


I think the subject is one that could go on forever.

Thanks for those stats Zwirko! It confirms my belief that I'm not alone..

Here is what my monitor looks like while I read this thread. Anything designed bigger than like 900px wide that I have to use a horizontal scrollbar to navigate is just plain annoying.
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