most used windows DPI setting and resolution

[scorpion]

Hi, I want to test my system on a design. The design IS optimized and assumes 1024x768, however, I am not sure what DPI to assume. (DPI is that thing you can change in the windows display control panel - small fonts (96dpi), large fonts (120dpi), custom(e.g. I use 144dpi or 150% of normal)...

My question is which dpi setting can I test with that would cover the majority of users? Do the majority of users at 1024x768 use the smaller fonts or the larger fonts?

[jpalmer]

Greetings and Gidday from Downunder Folks,

Sorry Scorpion, no answers for you on this, but a "me too".

As GVU's last online survey is from October 1998, I'm also interested in finding out what default screen resolution do PC sellers march the monitors out the door at now?

e.g 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x720 or another res.

Any feedback much appreciated.

Cheers

[Allen]

People should really learn to build sites that work in all resolution from 800x600 up. It's not hard. I do it naturally now without thinking.

It also makes your sites look a lot more professional, especially when you don't have 'THIS SITE IS BEST VIEWED IN 1024 x 768, 32-bit reolution using Internet explorer 5.5 or greater". Any professional designer still using that kind of stuff should go an shoot themselves immediately.

There are still lots of people using 800x600.

Also, DPI doesn't come into it because you don't get more stuff on a 800x600 96dpi than on 800x600 72dpi.

Allen

[Eric_Jarvis]

the other thing is that the trend is NOT simply towards higher resolutions and larger displays but towards a greater variety