[thelist] industry-standard browser width?

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 14 12:13:01 CDT 2002


> From: "Andrew LaVallee" <andrew at andrewlavallee.com>
>
> What is the generally accepted standard width when designing for
> 800x600 screen resolutions? I've seen 778x409 (which seems on the
> short side) and am wondering how much leeway, esp. heightwise, there
> is.

first, you're assuming that users at 8x6 surf full-screen...

then you have to guess how many toolbars they have open...
height is usually harder to nail than width...

however, i can offer you the means to answer your own question:

Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part I
http://evolt.org/Screen_Stats_1
- it's a tutorial on how to capture the window and screen sizes (and
bit-depths) of your users...

my results:

Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part II
http://evolt.org/Screen_Stats_2

at the time of the article (2 years ago), the breakdown of 8x6 users
at *my* site was this:

	width	height	bit-depth
Mean	719	397	20
Median	779	420	16
Mode	780	434	16

Highest	843	524	32
Lowest	80	96	8

(use a monospace font to see the pseudo-chart)


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