What are the px dimensions I need to work with on 800x600

[midi25]

Hi I recently made a gif that was 800px wide. I thought being 800x600 meant that it was 800px wide and 600px in height. But when I added my gif it overlapped and there was alot of horizontal scroll.

What dimensions do I need to work to in 800x600 so that I get no scroll.

Or can I set no horizontal scrolling. Thanks

[Moby_Dim]

And how many mB in this pic.?

[midi25]

its only a gif that i have made. Which is 800px wide and 60px high.

[asquithea]

How long is a piece of string?
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
How wide is a browser window?

The answer to all of these questions is less than definitive. Make your image about 600px wide, at most. If it's a banner, fill the remaining space with a solid colour or a page background image.

[Symbios]

Comes down to what resolution is being used, a few years back most used 800 by 600 and I always kept the width to about 750.

Nowadays less use 800 by 600, anyone got any figures on this to show us?

[IONWeb]

Nowadays less use 800 by 600, anyone got any figures on this to show us?

I do not know if my humble numbers are a good indicator but out of 243 visitors this month the stats are as follows:
85% 1024x768
10% 800x600
05% Others

Someone here that has higher visitor counts may have different numbers - but would be interesting to see how close these figures are.

[tedster]

What dimensions do I need to work to in 800x600 so that I get no scroll. Or can I set no horizontal scrolling. Thanks.

It's going to vary a small amount from browser to browser, and also depending on whether there is a hotlist open on the left, etc.

760 to 770 px in total width for a browser running on 800x600 at full screen is pretty safe -- assuming that you don't care about accommodating the hotlist issue.

[ergophobe]

I'm pretty sure those numbers are atypical. The highest I've seen for large sites is still a little under 50% for 1028x762, but at least half of the rest are at some higher res. So I think only about 25% or less are at 800x600 or lower. Of course, if you cater to graphic artists, gamers, accountants, editors or other people who like a lot of screen space, I don't think you'd find many people at 800x600.

As for the original question, the actual space available for viewing will depend on

- screen resolution
- browser brand, version and OS (some have bigger scrollbars and headers and so on)
- whether or not sidebars, hotlist etc are open in the browser
- which toolbars are active
- whether or not the browser is maximized.
- etc etc etc

The only way you will end up with an actual 800x600 viewing area is if someone with a big monitor accidentally has it set to a size that would allow that. We can assume the chances of that are nil.