Another thing that is often forgotten is that many people DONT run applications (which also means browsers) at full screen resolution. Many people still run lots of overlapping windows (the "messy desktop" approach).
So - it's all well and good to not design for 640x480 - but there will be lots of people out there that don't have their browser size to much more than that. Not to mention all the toolbars that seem to clutter the Browser these days - which all take up screen real-estate. Does this mean we only design for 640x480? No - but it does mean your design should still be usable if people aren't running it at the resolution you thought they would. Sure - they can scroll - but (strange as it may seem) there are also many users out there that just wont bother scrolling to get to the interesting bits. And before all the cries go up about "Come on, the stats show" etc.. I can tell you that I see this around my workplace every day. The stats only show what the machine is capable of - not how people use it. And many of them use it very differently than how we might expect. Regards, Gary ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
