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Before, I aimed at visitors with 800x600 resoluton.
Is it the time yet to move the standard up a bit ?
I'm sitting in an Internet cafe in Guatemala, Central America. The have good computers here, pretty new, 17inch monitors... all running at 800x600... they're capable of running at 1600x1200.
It's been similar in many of the internet cafes I have been to in Mexico and Guatemala.
2c.
Gethan
Screen resolution:
00.00% <640 (391)
01.85% 640x480 (415,348)
34.26% 800x600 (7,680,977)
49.01% 1024x768 (10,988,980)
06.16% 1152x864 (1,381,163)
07.33% 1280x1024 (1,642,410)
00.79% 1280> (176,634)
00.60% other (134,504)
Sample size 22.4 million, from over 1,000 different international sites, mainly personal/non-commercial though and high European percentage, March-August 2002.
Actual current window width:
08.40% <639 (2,308,930) <-- don't ask me
03.19% 640 exactly (877,804)
09.17% 641-799 (2,519,048)
27.87% 800 exactly (7,661,259)
13.06% 801-1023 (3,588,319)
29.98% 1024 exactly (8,239,647)
05.08% 1025-1279 (1,396,570)
02.93% 1280 exactly (805,539)
00.32% 1281< (87,933)
Sample size 27.5 million, same sites and period as above.
So adding up, that's 62% with a current window size below 1024.
Oh and about ALT+TAB not being useful if you have lots of windows open: There's an XP Powertoy availible for free from Microsoft that lets you select a window to switch to instead of just cycling though, and also shows previews of the window's contents as you TAB through.
ive had a pc since around 95 and have upgraded about three times though i have always kept my crappy monitor
i still think we're a good 3 or 4 years til 800x600 resolution traffic can be considered neglible
So, it seems that 800x600 is still very prolific and can't yet be ignored
Why not just design for all screen resolutions;)
Imagine a totally liquid design with no max-width, stretching the entire width of a 1600+ monitor. That would NOT be easy to read. Maybe people don't worry about that .32% right now, but for certain target markets, they just may be the power users and the big decision makers.
The centered fixed resolution is centered with <center> between the <body> tag and the initial <table> tag. Use <TD ALIGN="LEFT> to keep text inside the table aligned left.
Personally, the only reason I can see to using fixed widths is because one uses Photoshop for design and wants to keep the site looking the same across as many browsers as possible after slicing.
I use images sparingly, opting instead for HTML to provide my color and layout. I use fixed width layouts (optimised for 800px wide), because that's what visitors are expecting. I give them a pleasant surprise with a fast-loading site, not loaded down with useless chrome.
andrey_sea, how does one auto hide the IE tool bar "so I don't see any browser or windows controls." ???
keyplyr,
1. Click "Full Screen" icon (if you don't have it go through: View->Toolbars->Customize and add it)
2. Right click the small iconized IE controls bar and select "Auto-Hide"
