Website - What resolution to work to?
Discussion
I'm just setting up a website (bit of fun really, no commercial gain unless i'm very lucky!) and i'm a bit stumped as to what resolution to design it to.
The main pages will be fairly graphics based hence i need to choose my images to make the most of the screen space available. Does anyone still use 800x600 resolution or will I alienate loads of people if i gear the site to bigger than this?
The main pages will be fairly graphics based hence i need to choose my images to make the most of the screen space available. Does anyone still use 800x600 resolution or will I alienate loads of people if i gear the site to bigger than this?
I think a lot depends on your audience.
You could assume that the typical PHer runs at 1024 at an absolute minimum.
If it's more local/community focused, then you could probably assume 800 minimum.
I manage a website with over 4 million hits a day - and just over 50% are running at 800! So the site design is built for that.
K
You could assume that the typical PHer runs at 1024 at an absolute minimum.
If it's more local/community focused, then you could probably assume 800 minimum.
I manage a website with over 4 million hits a day - and just over 50% are running at 800! So the site design is built for that.
K
Kinky said:
I think a lot depends on your audience.
You could assume that the typical PHer runs at 1024 at an absolute minimum.
If it's more local/community focused, then you could probably assume 800 minimum.
I manage a website with over 4 million hits a day - and just over 50% are running at 800! So the site design is built for that.
K
You could assume that the typical PHer runs at 1024 at an absolute minimum.
If it's more local/community focused, then you could probably assume 800 minimum.
I manage a website with over 4 million hits a day - and just over 50% are running at 800! So the site design is built for that.
K
I think you may be right here - I run 1024x768 on a pc that is almost 5 years old and feel my resolution is a bit low but I just flicked onto 800x600 and its awful! I would also agree that PH'ers are perhaps running higher specs than average so a better res could be more appropriate.
I don't really have a feel for the technical literacy of the people who would use the site so I think you may be right in that designing for 800x600 is best and then I can monitor things from there.
Some stats here:
www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
As of Jan 2006 apparently 20% of users were still at 800x600, so if you are going to design a site at a higher res than this, make sure it at least looks ok at 800x600 even if scrolling is required.
If it were a business it might matter but if it's just for fun, then I can't see a problem going 1024 wide.
www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
As of Jan 2006 apparently 20% of users were still at 800x600, so if you are going to design a site at a higher res than this, make sure it at least looks ok at 800x600 even if scrolling is required.
If it were a business it might matter but if it's just for fun, then I can't see a problem going 1024 wide.
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