Michael A. Stone wrote:
>
> 8-bit color has about half the market, with 16-bit and 24-bit pulling in
> about 20% each. there's no strong correlation between screen size and
> color depth, interestingly enough.. people do run their 1024x768 monitors
> at 256 colors. i won't bother to speculate why, those are just the
> numbers i see.
probably has to do with the amount of video RAM on their card. 512k or
1mb will only allow you to run larger sizes at smaller resolutions, or
vice versa.
>
> one thing to remember when discussing page layout is the printing area of
> an 8-1/2 x 11 page: 539 x 672 pixels. people do print hardcopy of pages
> they like, and if you think that's likely to happen with your site, you
> should probably stick to a maximum width of about 535 pixels.
And remember that only the US (and Canada??) use the 8-1/2 x 11 inch
page. The rest of the world uses A4, which is 210mm x 297mm - slightly
longer and wider than US standard. One thing that really pees me off,
and most other people i've spoken with, is downloading shareware and
printing out the manuals and finding that the author hasn't allowed for
the extra size that most of the world uses.
franko
_________Frank Lee, Information Architect_________
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