Hello, I wanted to know at which resolution screen size i should develop the page? Like which is the screen resolution size mostly set for most people thanx
Well I believe that the most common resolution is 1024 * 768. So that is probably the safest bet. However, a large percentage of people are still using 800 * 600. However their share is decreasing daily. I now try to make my sites fluid, i.e. 100% so that the screen resolution is irrelevent. You should also bare in mind that not all people keep their browsers maximised, so screen resolution is not always that usefull. Something else to consider is what niche is the site going to be and who are you aiming at. For instance, if you are aiming at "tech people" then you could probably consider a wider design, however conversely if you are aiming at say education, where there are still lots of old moniters lying around you may wish to consider a lower resolution. Just my $0.02 Nicangeli
I agree with nicangeli, try and make your site fit many different resolutions. Though, 1024 * 768 is definitely the most common.
But you should remember that 800*600 is still in use. So make the page width 780 and the height is not matter. Or you can create fluid page layout Good luck
As has been said, screen resolution is not the issue. Window size is. See http://baekdal.com/reports/actual-browser-sizes for a fairly large scale test, that seems to be aimed female shoppers plus a smattering of technical people. Another less strict poll revealed that the tech savvy tended to have larger screens, but the larger the screen, the more likely the browser (and other apps) were run reduced. See http://www.456bereastreet.com/, I leave it as an exercise for the class to find the particular articles. If I could, I'd have a 2560 × 1440 screen, so I could tile four browsers, an xterm and my editor; all at about 800 × 600. cheers, gary
I like fixed widths. Creatively you can do much more with it than a fluid design. I used to develop sites with a width of 760px until recently and now I code in 860px width. My target audience is 1024x768 and up. I also have a fluid version for every fixed design of 90% to give people an option.
Well, the most widely-used resolution now is 1024x768, but some people are still using 800x600... However, I code my websites in 960 px.
my last G analytics showed a clearly shrinking number of 600x800 resolutions of currently less than 10% from some 16'000 uv/d from 200+ countries. the 768x1024 was some 50% the rest is a growing number if HIGHER resolutions Hence I have oiptimized all pages for 768x1024 and to make ALL fonts appear in absolute size - I strictly use pt instead of px for all fonts. if you make such decisions - best is to make on actual solid FATS and numbers yoiu get from your access_log stats OR from G analytics rather than from guesses! If i LOOK around my IT neighborhood, then I see zero users with 600x800.
I design my sites to fit 800x600, because as an iMac user, although my screen may be 1650x1080, I never 'maximize' my browser, viewing sites that are designed somewhere inbetween 800x600 and 1024x768 lets me still use other things on my desktop at the same time, which is great. I'd say just because screens get bigger, doesn't mean you have to get bigger with them, maybe the web hit's this invisible maximum threshold where it's as big as it *should* be and there's screen space left over... I would design for 1024x, with your main content within 800x just in case, but make it look really good, and make it look like it belongs at any resolution.