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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 11:11 pm
Post subject: Screen resolution?
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I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have received
different advice from various people regarding the screen resolution to go
for.
One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website should be
designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old hat,
and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
I am sorta lost as to what to do!
Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 11:11 pm
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In article <Xns94E3D79AC37B4fluffy.DeleteThis@140.99.99.130>,
strawberry icecream <spamproof.DeleteThis@foo.com> wrote:
> One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website should be
> designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
You can safely ignore anything those people say. They don't understand
the first thing about the web.
> A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
> people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old hat,
> and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
You can safely ignore anything those people say, too.
> Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 11:57 pm
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Quoth the raven named strawberry icecream:
> I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have
> received different advice from various people regarding the screen
> resolution to go for.
>
> One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website
> should be designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
>
> A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and
> more people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is
> pretty old hat, and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work
> to.
What about the third group who knows that monitor resolution IS NOT
IMPORTANT!
Sorry for shouting.
> I am sorta lost as to what to do!
>
> Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
Tell them to design for... no size. And don't let them get away
without reading about it.
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign" target="_blank">http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign</a>
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 12:20 am
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"strawberry icecream" <spamproof.RemoveThis@foo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have received
> different advice from various people regarding the screen resolution to go
> for.
>
> One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website should
be
> designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
>
> A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
> people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old hat,
> and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
>
> I am sorta lost as to what to do!
>
> Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
contentious issue, and everyone will give you different advice.
unfortunately different designs will suit differenent resolutions, some
don't even need to be designed to a resolution at all...
I personally use CSS now to design sites as much as possible, and design for
800 x 600 which will degrade, or won't look bad in greater resolutions...
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.thepattysite.com/window_sizes1.cfm</a>
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:12 am
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"strawberry icecream" <spamproof DeleteThis @foo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94E3D79AC37B4fluffy@140.99.99.130...
> I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have received
> different advice from various people regarding the screen resolution to go
> for.
>
> One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website should
be
> designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
>
> A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
> people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old hat,
> and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
>
> I am sorta lost as to what to do!
>
> Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
Don't design for either.....Your design should be a fluid size, that adjusts
to fit any screen size.....
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:30 am
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"Fat Sam" <janetandsam.RemoveThis@btbroadband.com> wrote in message
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> "strawberry icecream" <spamproof.RemoveThis@foo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns94E3D79AC37B4fluffy@140.99.99.130...
> > I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have received
> > different advice from various people regarding the screen resolution to
go
> > for.
> >
> > One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website should
> be
> > designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
> >
> > A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
> > people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old
hat,
> > and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
> >
> > I am sorta lost as to what to do!
> >
> > Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
>
> Don't design for either.....Your design should be a fluid size, that
adjusts
> to fit any screen size.....
>
> --
> Sam.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.doohickeys.co.uk</font" target="_blank">www.doohickeys.co.uk</font</a>>
> for desirable devices
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:30 am
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On Sat, 8 May 2004 23:30:53 +0100, SpaceGirl
<no_miranda_spam DeleteThis @subhuman.net> wrote:
>>> Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
>>
>> Don't design for either.....Your design should be a fluid size, that
>> adjusts to fit any screen size.....
>
> Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white
> issue.
1) SpaceGirl... it would be nice if your newsreader trimmed sigs.
2) I agree that fluid size is an unattainable ideal. For instance, you
can have a fluid design, but what is the minimum size your page should
look good in? Is 800x600 the rule there? 640x480? *ALL* pages, when
shrunk small enough, cause horizontal scrollbars. What is the minimum
size we should be designing for?
AnySizeDesign is a nice goal to strive for, but just doesn't cover all the
possibilities out there.
Grey
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:33 am
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"Fat Sam" <janetandsam DeleteThis @btbroadband.com> wrote in message
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> "strawberry icecream" <spamproof DeleteThis @foo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns94E3D79AC37B4fluffy@140.99.99.130...
> > I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have received
> > different advice from various people regarding the screen resolution to
go
> > for.
> >
> > One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website should
> be
> > designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
> >
> > A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
> > people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old
hat,
> > and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
> >
> > I am sorta lost as to what to do!
> >
> > Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
>
> Don't design for either.....Your design should be a fluid size, that
adjusts
> to fit any screen size.....
SHOULD be ?
According to who?
There are loads of factors to consider including the usability of column
width, width of images, headers etc... for design - it is a bit like saying
that every burger should contain beef (you can have a chicken burger) horses
for courses, especially with conflicting guide lines, including the UK
Government...
Problem is that if you have a 1600 pixels wide screen, on a new wide inch
monitor, the text will be uncomfortably wide to read... people can resize
their browsers, but according to some people, you should have done this for
them...
Doohickeys wraps horizontally at less than 800 pixels!!!
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.benefit-from-it.com/index_wdu01.htm?page=/web_usability_01/presen" target="_blank">http://www.benefit-from-it.com/index_wdu01.htm?page=/web_usability_01/presen</a>
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:37 am
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"SpaceGirl" <no_miranda_spam.DeleteThis@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam.DeleteThis@btbroadband.com> wrote in message
> news:2g54ctF47k7jU1@uni-berlin.de...
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> > "strawberry icecream" <spamproof.DeleteThis@foo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns94E3D79AC37B4fluffy@140.99.99.130...
> > > I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have received
> > > different advice from various people regarding the screen resolution
to
> go
> > > for.
> > >
> > > One or two are almost religious in their fervour that the website
should
> > be
> > > designed around 800 by 600 pixels resolution.
> > >
> > > A number of others advise me that in recent times, with more and more
> > > people buying new and bigger monitors, that 800 by 600 is pretty old
> hat,
> > > and that 1024 by 768 is the new standard to work to.
> > >
> > > I am sorta lost as to what to do!
> > >
> > > Tips, advice? 1024 by 768 or 800 by 600?
> >
> > Don't design for either.....Your design should be a fluid size, that
> adjusts
> > to fit any screen size.....
> >
> > --
> > Sam.
<font color=green> > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.doohickeys.co.uk</font" target="_blank">www.doohickeys.co.uk</font</a>>
> > for desirable devices
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> Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white issue.
So my answer should be fluid one that adjusts to fit any question? 
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:40 am
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While sitting in a puddle SpaceGirl scribbled in the mud:
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> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam.RemoveThis@btbroadband.com> wrote in message
> news:2g54ctF47k7jU1@uni-berlin.de...
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>> "strawberry icecream" <spamproof.RemoveThis@foo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns94E3D79AC37B4fluffy@140.99.99.130...
>> > I'm getting someone to design a website for me. But I have
>> > received different advice from various people regarding the screen
>> > resolution to go for.
> Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white
> issue.
>
>
It is for Leo.
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:40 am
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In article <Xns94E3AA0C782C9spamxxwipkipbiz RemoveThis @130.133.1.4>, Duende
<spamxxx RemoveThis @wipkip.biz> wrote:
> While sitting in a puddle SpaceGirl scribbled in the mud:
>
> > Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white
> > issue.
> It is for Leo.
Only because I'm a Luddite. All the ancient games I run on my ancient Mac
require 640x480. I can run 1280x1024. Font adjustments everywhere. Bah,
why bother? My monitor is a cheap 17" job. Boy, the price on those has
plummeted recently! 200 USD delivered.
Besides, it's fun to point out side scrolling to the fixed-size design
faction. I heard of another guy in Nepal that still uses my resolution, so
I'm not alone.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:43 am
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> > Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white
issue.
>
> So my answer should be fluid one that adjusts to fit any question?
>
> --
> Sam.
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:43 am
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"SpaceGirl" <no_miranda_spam.TakeThisOut@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> > > Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white
> issue.
> >
> > So my answer should be fluid one that adjusts to fit any question?
> >
> > --
> > Sam.
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> > for desirable devices
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>
> lol okay
>
>
Sorry...Couldn't resist....
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 2:49 am
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"Fat Sam" <janetandsam.DeleteThis@btbroadband.com> wrote in message
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> "SpaceGirl" <no_miranda_spam.DeleteThis@subhuman.net> wrote in message
> news:2g5658F4fbqgU1@uni-berlin.de...
> >
> > > > Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and white
> > issue.
> > >
> > > So my answer should be fluid one that adjusts to fit any question?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sam.
<font color=brown> > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.doohickeys.co.uk</font" target="_blank">www.doohickeys.co.uk</font</a>>
> > > for desirable devices
> >
> >
> > lol okay
> >
> >
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> Sorry...Couldn't resist....
>
> --
> Sam.
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 3:01 am
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"SpaceGirl" <no_miranda_spam.DeleteThis@subhuman.net> wrote in message
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> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam.DeleteThis@btbroadband.com> wrote in message
> news:2g5683F4lit4U1@uni-berlin.de...
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> > "SpaceGirl" <no_miranda_spam.DeleteThis@subhuman.net> wrote in message
> > news:2g5658F4fbqgU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > >
> > > > > Depends on your target audience, Sam. This is not a black and
white
> > > issue.
> > > >
> > > > So my answer should be fluid one that adjusts to fit any question?
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Sam.
<font color=brown> > > > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.doohickeys.co.uk</font" target="_blank">www.doohickeys.co.uk</font</a>>
> > > > for desirable devices
> > >
> > >
> > > lol okay
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Sorry...Couldn't resist....
> >
> > --
> > Sam.
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> > for desirable devices
>
> Nawww it's me... I'm mouthing off tonight. I have the flu and way to many
> drugs filling my system. I should go to bed before I offend anyone
I'm Irish....I don't offend easilly....
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