Is anyone still designing their sites around the 800 x 600 screen resolutions? I just realized today that my site is not formatted for this resolution and I am wondering if I should change it or let it be?
It really depends on your targeted audience. I doubt many webmasters would havetheir screen on that resolution, but most non-tech people will. However, I've always made my sites planning for the future. Since monitors are getting bigger as a standard, that resolution will no longer be used
Well I haven't even thought about that resolution in a long time, but a game I played today changed my resolution and my site was up in a browser window. When I closed the game, the resolution didn't change back and that's how I noticed it.
You are right. In many ways I like to push the envelope but I can not decide how big I want to go with my web pages since I find it is nice to have multiple windows open side by side. Shannon
I still create all my sites within 800x600 pixels. About 30% of my visitors have this screen resolution.. check also this thread http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=10809&highlight=800x600
I was grappling with the same question on a design - my solution was to design with 3 columns: setting the left (menu) and main columns large enough to look okay together in 800x600, with a hint at the right column. The right one is ads, links, etc., things it would not hurt to have my potential customer miss. Full size with 1024x768 it looks good. Larger and the design looks undersized. At 640x480, the (main column) content is mostly there. It is one click on the horizontal bar arrow away from showing completely. I tried to make it resizable, but it just does not work as well, I have a picture in my mind and it does not translate well to odd sizes. It is not published yet, but so far those I have shown it to do like the layout. I often set my 'restore' size by changing the resolution to 800x600, stretching it to near full size, then changing the resolution back. I get the big desktop, and 800x600 windows stacked up to switch between.
Remember even though users are now 1024+ , I like to keep favourites open so 800x600 is still a good size to aim for.
How about designing the website for 800x600px but having some extra elements left out of this resolution only for the user with wider screens to see. I have done this today when I partially redesigned my website - see here www.astrologyweekly.com This way everybody is happy...
siraxi, are you determining screen resolution of viewer and serving appropriate size page based on that? Shannon
Building for 800x600 seems to make good sense, since even people running 1024x768 don't have their browsers full screen all the time. Good discussion about it here.
I think this resolution is not great popular again, because almost all the latest equipment that appears to develop high-resolution shrinking