Page size

[james]

just finished a web on a 22 inch monitor,and evrything on my end looks great but i have a computer right next to me and its a 17 inch monitor and its not looking good at all .is there a standard to building a web page as far as page size properties tab ,every thing i build is in frames pages do to the flash i use and targeting for hyperlinks.but if i open it in a
640x480 its a goner whats the standard page size i should build to?need a tip please.Use alot of tables and cells 100% it doesnt help

 

[Steve Easton]

800 x 600 is the monitor resolution used by approximately 50% of web
visitors,
with 1024 x 768 being next.


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just finished a web on a 22 inch monitor,and evrything on my end looks

great but i have a computer right next to me and its a 17 inch monitor and
its not looking good at all .is there a standard to building a web page as
far as page size properties tab ,every thing i build is in frames pages do
to the flash i use and targeting for hyperlinks.but if i open it in a

640x480 its a goner whats the standard page size i should build to?need a

tip please.Use alot of tables and cells 100% it doesnt help

 

[james]

Thx i quess everything to the top left for the bigger resolutions or is there a way that one can get the items,tables,cells.plugins etc to resize to fit a larger reso

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Only if you design them using % width tables

PS
Even though may users now have resolutions greater than 800x600, many are not using full screen for browsing - they have other apps
(IM, etc) open on their desktop too



| Thx i quess everything to the top left for the bigger resolutions or is there a way that one can get the
items,tables,cells.plugins etc to resize to fit a larger reso

 

[Mr B]

800 x 600 is currently the top but that numbers goes down literally every single day. As monitor continue to get bigger, the resolutions continue to get bigger as well. Back when most stats were started to be compiled, the stndard was a 14" monitor. Then the standard was 15". Now the standard is more around the 17" size. And of course many people have 19"s and a few even larger.

Best thing to do is get a tracking program on your website and capture the screen resolutinos of the people that visit your site specifically. If you run a techy website, I'd bet the majority of your visitors would be 1024 x 768 or higher. But if you run a different webgsite you will get different people.

It's all a guessing game so you just have to do what's best for your site.

 

[Ronx]

Screen resolution has little to do with monitor size, and IMHO web page
design has little to do with screen resolution.

In my office - around a thousand staff - the most common PC monitor is 17
inch, with about a third set to 800x600 resolution, most of the rest being
set to 1024x768, and some at 1280x1024. There are several 19 inch monitors
mostly set to 800x600. The monitors are set up to suit the eyesight of the
users. [It seems to me that generally eyesight is getting worse as monitors
get bigger.]

As to web page design - the criteria is (or should be) not how big is the
screen (resolution) but how big is the browser. On my 1280x1024 resolution
monitor, the browser is rarely opened at more than 800x600, and then only to
see how my web pages perform at larger settings.
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800 x 600 is currently the top but that numbers goes down literally every

single day. As monitor continue to get bigger, the resolutions continue to
get bigger as well. Back when most stats were started to be compiled, the
stndard was a 14" monitor. Then the standard was 15". Now the standard is
more around the 17" size. And of course many people have 19"s and a few
even larger.

Best thing to do is get a tracking program on your website and capture the

screen resolutinos of the people that visit your site specifically. If you
run a techy website, I'd bet the majority of your visitors would be 1024 x
768 or higher. But if you run a different webgsite you will get different
people.