[thelist] Screen Resolution, which to design for?
Stephen Rider
evolt_org at striderweb.com
Tue Jan 16 09:52:41 CST 2007
On Jan 15, 2007, at 4:24 AM, Dawson Costelloe wrote:
> 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.
>
> Anyone else been through similar and what did you decide to to?
I would recommend at least a semi-fluid design (sidebar fixed width
with main content fluid perhaps?) If you go with all-fixed, I truly
would not assume wider than 800 -- not because of that resolution so
much as the fact that many many people don't maximize their browsers,
and that narrower columns are much easier to read. If you really
want a wider design, try to ensure that at least the main content
column is not too wide.
Also -- make sure you try it out in Firefox and use the browsers
controls to size up the font. Make sure that doesn't break the
page. I _frequently_ have to size up fonts on web sites, and it's
not too uncommon for this to make certain things difficult or
impossible to read (because, for example, absolute-positioned
elements are now on top of other elements....)
Steve
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