[thelist] Screen Resolution, which to design for?

[ben morrison]

On 1/15/07, Dawson Costelloe <costelloe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We're working on a new website for a client, and the question came up
> about which would be the best, or most commonly used screen resolution
> to design for. Some are saying, 1024x768, others 800x600, liquid
> designs came up and lots of other suggestions.
>

Mainly it would depend on the clients userbase, if you have access to
the server logs you will get a better idea of what size monitors are
used. One option if you are going to 1024x768 fixed is to make the
content that is outside of 770px width not essential for the page, as
in adverts etc.

ben