> These points are valid - But I am a believer in taking things > forward, and not getting stuck with 800x600 because the > aforementioned research says so... The name escapes me, I > think it was on the BBC Blog, saying that 95% of users are on > 1024 and up. That's some research you can't really ignore...
I wrote a bit of a blog post[1] about this myself, but for my money there is always a fundamental flaw in such research. It tells you what people have - not what people actually use. The two are, of course, not necessarily the same. Such data could be discovered - it's a bit of JavaScript - although would inevitibly require some simplification when reported to those wanting the data. True, the data when received may back up the assumption that is being made by most web designers (this is not a BBC issue after all). However without the data, we don't know. Which is a real shame. (Unless you know of any data anyway - cos I'd love to see it if you do!) [1] http://www.planetbods.org/blog/2008/03/07/itstoowide.live - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
