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> From: Cyberspace Publishing[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 12:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: WC:>: Graphic Safe Area
>
> Ann,
> I don't know how 'right' or 'wrong' I may be here, but I believe
> that
> most monitors, today, are SVGA or better. That allows most users
> to set their screen resolution to at least 800x600.
>
This also makes the (I believe BIG) assumption that the end user knows
HOW to adjust their monitor settings, either color depth or rez. Go
spend some time with average users (if that's your audience) and watch
'em ...
> I try to optimize
> for that size even though even it seems small after two years of using
> 1024x768 on a 17" monitor.
>
This also assumes that people WANT their web browser to fill their
workspace. Not so on UNIX or Macs -- these two environments tend to use
overlapping windows, just like we overlap papers and things on our
"real" desktops. I mean, really -- how many people *completely cover*
everything on their desk so that they can't see 'what's underneath'?
> Most laptops now allow the 800x600
> settings. I do think a notice should be placed on the home page
> indicating the resolution for which the page is optimized, but I've
> been lax in that area, myself.
>
Arggh.. I HATE this.
> One thing to consider, too, is the proliferation of WebTV and
> its
> limitations due to the TV screen's resolution (somewhere in the
> 500 pixel width range.)
>
Exactly. Reason for NOT spec'ing to 800. Plus, you can't print the info
without *1* having a postscript printer and *2* knowing HOW to scale!
(very easy on a Mac; complicated on a PC).
Then there are the Palm Pilots and other handhelds. Smaller yet.
> Kathy E. Gill
> Business Process Information Visibility, http://process.ca.boeing.com/
> BCAG Process Management, http://bpm.ca.boeing.com/ -- 425.234.2004
> Empty pockets never held a man back. Only empty heads and empty hearts
> can do that. - Norman Vincent Peale
>
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>
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