Tamra wrote:
> >> I've been looking at the Yale Style Manual's dimensions for
> >> "Graphic Safe Areas" of different monitor size and browser
> >> combinations. I would like to hear what everyone else is using
> >> for guidelines <snip>
>
> According to my hubby, here's the scoop on sizes:
>
> >For a page with vertical scrolling, you get 622x345 useable area
> at 640x480
> >resolution and 781x491 useable area at 800x600 resolution.
>
> FYI, by "useable" he means the total area not taken up by scroll bars and
> browser doodads.
You also have to allow for "doodad variance". Ie., some people like the big
buttons, some people like the small ones and some people like the big
buttons with text and pictures on em, and some people like the buttons with
only text on em. Some people drag their various "dockable" toolbars into a
stack and others jam them all into one row. At best I guess you can figure
out a worse case scenario, which would mean "whatever's leftover at maximum
chrome".
> I believe he measured this in Netscape, not in IE. Anyone
> know if there's a difference?
Yes, different chrome scenarios = different real estate leftovers. Maybe we
should collect screen shots with different chrome variations, measure the
pixels left in the browser child window and post the details. I'll put the
stuff together if ya'll send me the screen shots. I can create PC screen
shots for IE4 and NS3/4, I'll need the others.
> Also, was measured on the PC, not the Mac,
> which if I remember right has some differences.
Jack
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