I agree with this. I have a tendency to design all my sites with a width of about 760; this leaves a bit of room on the sides, even at 800x600, and I generally find that it makes for a more readable layout. Using up all the space allotted isn't always the good idea folks sometimes think it is; if your text blocks are too wide, they get hard to read.
Cheers, Dani Nordin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dani Nordin the zen kitchen Graphic and web design with a touch of green 1 Fitchburg Street, B160 Somerville, MA 02143 401.787.5178 mobile See a full portfolio and sign up for our monthly newsletter‹thoughts on design, life, food and other trivialities‹at http://www.tzk-design.com Read our notes from the zen kitchen‹weekly(ish) articles on design, the environment, and life as a business owner - at http://zenkitchen.blogspot.com On 7/30/06 12:13 PM, "Andrew Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suggest that even if you design for larger than 800x600, that > the main site content fit within the smaller width, it doesn't matter > too much about extra bits of content at the sides. If you look at the > various design blogs, many have a width of 1000px, but the actual blog > entry text fits easily within a width of 800px. > > - Andrew Ingram > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi all - >> >> I just joined today after having this site book marked for months, and >> I thank you for having me. >> >> I am currently redesigning my main site, which offers customized >> services and templates for Zen cart, phpbb, Wordpress, etc. >> >> My question is this - the design that I am working on has carried to a >> fixed width of 900px for the page. Now I do know that this won't >> display correctly at 800x600 because of the width - but is this really >> something I should worry about? Most new computers are set at least >> 1024x768 out of the box, and I believe that the majority of my target >> audience will be on these settings as well. >> >> What do the industry pros here think? >> >> Thanks for your input - I look forward to learning and growing with >> you all! >> Tina Starnes >> Owner CRS Designs >> >> >> >> > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
