At 1:13 PM -0700 5/25/98, Suzanne wrote:
>Thanks for the info George. Would anyone care to hazard a guess as to what
>those 40% of "don't knows" are set to? Is there a normal DEFAULT size for
>PCs? Is it safe to assume that if they don't know what size they're on,
>then they're on 640x480?
My guess would be that a majority of those who don't know are probably
running 640x480. After all, that's the resolution generally in use by
machines that are a) older and b) using less installed RAM and VRAM -- and
it's my feeling that a LOT of folks out there are still using the same
machine config they were using 5 years ago.
>Are most designers still assuming that most users will be on 640 x480?
Personally, I don't assume that MOST users are on 640x480, but I do assume
a healthy amount are; enough to make it figure into my site design
planning. I can't wait until this changes!
>What size page works best for WebTV users?
I might be mistaken here, but my understanding is that a WebTV screen maxes
out at 580 pixels wide.
When Digital TVs become more prevalent that will change, but current sets
still offer low res only.
>Specifically I'm asking this question because we're designing a web site
>for the first interactive motion picture designed specifically for DVD.
>It'll also be available in some DVDrom and CDrom formats. We know that
>there are some 100,000 DVD players out there. Should we assume that the
>owners of DVD players are likely to be surfing the web at 600x800 or at
>640x480? Naturally, the screen images from the motion picture look at lot
>prettier at larger sizes, but I don't want to annoy small-screen users with
>windows that require scrolling.
I would think that the DVD crowd would be pretty solidly in the 800x600
camp, but I have no evidence to back this up.
>The clients, being artists and producers, have large screens, so if we
>design for small screens, then our pages are going to look dinky on their
>monitors. If we ask them to change their PC's screen resolution to 640x480
>so they can see their site as most users will see it, can they change their
>resolution on the fly , or will they have to restart?
I can change resolutions on my NT machine on the fly, but it helps a great
deal to reboot the browser, not the whole OS though.
Hope that helps.
-- Gary
>
>>>Do any of you know approximately what percentage of web users have 640x480
>>>screens vs. 600x800+ screens?
>
>>According to the GVU survey, 40% of users don't know, followed by
>>19% at 800 x 600 and 12% at 640 x 480.
>>
>>They do take into account that 26% of the respondents have WEB TV.
>>
>><http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1997-10/graphs/tech
>>nology/Monitor_Resolution.html>
>
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