>... where to find the exact pixel width seen on the various screen
resolutions.
rob, this was an article on webmonkey.com a couple years back --
search for "sizing up the browsers" or something like that
people will say you're wrong to set a fixed pixel width, but you're not
not completely, anyway ;o)
aardvark has an evolt article on how he took stats of actual dimensions that
the browser window was when people visited his site, proving that not
everyone surfs with windows maximized...
Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part I
http://evolt.org/article/foo/17/2295/index.html
Real-World Browser Size Stats, Part II
http://evolt.org/article/bar/20/2297/index.html
this one's also a great read --
Liquid Design for the Web
http://evolt.org/article/qux/20/15177/index.html
rudy