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Re: Screen Resolution? From iestyn on 8 April '99 replying to Screen Resolution? posted by David A >What screen resolution do you design for? The standard in >the past has been 640x480. However, my stats show that over >99% of my traffic is 800x600 or above, all browsers do not >support this kind of tracking yet, so the stat is skewed. >The blank space left for the 640x480 people really bugs me. >I see that http://www.zdnet.com designs for 800x600. >Has anyone else started designing sites at 800x600? >I may start, let the low res people scroll;) Opinions I've worked on a lot commercial websites - best to check the logs really - but i've allways designed for 800x600. you could detect to see what screen res they're using, then send them to a frameset designed specifically for that res....but thats too much work really.... have a look at http://www.condoms4u.com/ (a site i've done a lot of work on) - thats designed to work fine in any resolution....try it out... iestyn

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>>What screen resolution do you design for? The standard in >>the past has been 640x480. However, my stats show that over >>99% of my traffic is 800x600 or above, all browsers do not >>support this kind of tracking yet, so the stat is skewed. >>The blank space left for the 640x480 people really bugs me. >>I see that http://www.zdnet.com designs for 800x600. >>Has anyone else started designing sites at 800x600? >>I may start, let the low res people scroll;) Opinions > >I've worked on a lot commercial websites - best to check the logs really - but i've allways designed for 800x600. > >you could detect to see what screen res they're using, then send them to a frameset designed specifically for that res....but thats too much work really.... >have a look at http://www.condoms4u.com/ (a site i've done a lot of work on) - thats designed to work fine in any resolution....try it out... > >iestyn