resolution?

[StuntFactoryX]

i was curious to see what most of you do as far as trying to stay fluid? i am a aol user so ive always been critical of this. ive seen more and more websites start to not support anything under 1024. i like to dabble in photoshop and tring to make a full fluid header to expand down below 1024 and still look full at larger resolutions is a real bear.

and for the people that do not care about the 800 resolution header... do u still try to maintain a fluid header above 1024?

example... i use a left and right images w/ a tiling background. would you recommend going fixed at 1024 w/ 1 image? or stay fluid and just ignore scroll bars under 1024?

and last question or opinion... is 1024 here to stay? or as technology advances the resolution will even go larger?

[Wayne Luke]

My next style is going to be an elastic design with a minimum width of 1024 pixels and a maximum of 1300 pixels or so. With about only 25% of the world's population using CRT monitors and very few LCDs even supporting 800 X 600, I don't think that resolution is something I will worry about.

[Lea Verou]

I hate fluid layouts. Fixed layouts look much better and give more freedom to the designer. Especially the new wider fixed layouts with 950-990px width, are awsome.

[Princeton]

There will always be sites/designs built for 800 resolution.

800 is idea for reading
800 is the closest thing to letter size office paper - people are accustom to reading in this format eg. letters, books, magazines, etc

you can always offer a width option for those who prefer wider layouts

nothing wrong in creating a design targeting higher resolutions..
you just have to make sure that your reading area is equivalent to a letter size format (it's easier to read) ..

I know of some users that actually surf while their browser window are completely open on a 1600 resolution. On a forum with long content (on a liquid layout) this would mean that they are reading from extreme left to the extreme right - bobble heads. This is what you need to address.

Another issue that needs to be addressed..
if you create a fixed 950px layout ... you have to be aware of your ad placement eg. placing ad on right column

if 14% of your users are using 800 resolution .. than that's equivalent to a possible 14% decline on ad revenue (they will not see the right column unless they scroll horizontally)

TIP: for those with 1600+ resolution monitors .. surf with 2 windows open .. you get a whole lot more accomplished - faster.

[Brad]

I hate fluid layouts. Fixed layouts look much better and give more freedom to the designer. Especially the new wider fixed layouts with 950-990px width, are awsome.

I hate fixed width layouts. Fluid layouts look much better and give more freedom to the end user. The fact that I can resize the window and still read the content without having to scroll left/right is awesome.

Sorry I had to do it.

With about only 25% of the world's population using CRT monitors and very few LCDs even supporting 800 X 600, I don't think that resolution is something I will worry about.

Just where are you getting that stat from? I work on a lot of the locals computers and lemme tell you most of them are still running 800x600 or 640x480 in some cases. Some of them do have LCDs but only a hand full of them.

There is no reason to leave these people out in the cold. It's these kind of people that most of us target! CRTs are still in use from what I've seen...heck I'm on one right now running at 1280x1024 .

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by Princeton

800 is idea for reading
800 is the closest thing to letter size office paper - people are accustom to reading in this format eg. letters, books, magazines, etc

I am not a designer, so maybe i am wrong. I always thought that the resolution itself does not define the absolut page- or charactersize. It will be the screensize (combined with the resolution) that defines this. So the "perfect resolution" depends in my view mostly on the screen size and capabilities (together with the eyesight of the user).

[Princeton]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Dean C]

I am currently working on a website which gets 8000 uniques a day. Over 25% of our users use 800x600, according to google analytics, which surprised me. To answer your question, you'd be kicking yourself in the foot if you didn't support it, as that's a pretty large group we've taken that average from.