Back in my eCommerce days, I ran a very high-tech oriented eStore
where higher resolutions were the norm. Where I work now on my
governmental site which services a very large rural area, I'm pushing
closer to 20% at 800x600. Looking at my stats I see lots of visitors
using old an OS and old browsers too.
I really think you must design the resolution of your site to fit
your target market. My target market now still has a huge % of
visitors on 800x600 so the site must look good for them. I'm hoping
to move the design into a more fluid layout, but for now, 800x600 is
the base for me.
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Kevin Murphy
Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
Western Nevada College
www.wnc.edu
775-445-3326
On May 31, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Thomler, Craig wrote:
I still regard 800x600 as a necessary minimum (for government
sites) as
it accounts for approximately 10% of the viewing audience.
Many sites now treat 1024x768 as the minimum based on their website
traffic.
If you can pull this data out of your own logs this may guide whether
you still need to cater for 800x600.
Cheers,
Craig
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Subject: [WSG] Recommended screen size
Anyone have a recommendation on what size screen to use as a baseline
when designing for a new site? 800x600 or 1024x768 or something else?
Thanks in advance.
-Tim
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