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Originally Posted by jayeff
10%-15% use 800x600 native resolution or smaller. Many surfers with higher resolutions do not browse full-screen. Certainly we are still talking about a minority who will be forced by wider layouts to scroll horizontally, but that is one of the most hated features a site can have and that minority is still a large number.
One of the paradoxes I see over and over, is that on the boards there are discussions between webmasters trying to find ways to squeeze an extra point or two out of their traffic. But you also see topics such as this, where (often some of the same) webmasters cheerfully propose ignoring a double-digit segment of their potential customer base...
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And people like me who have monitors that have a native resolution of 1650 X1080 can't use it much because then everything looks so fucking small. I tend to stay away from sites that are small. Now think of it this way, I paid $600 for my monitor the guy using 800X600 is still probably using the 17 in CRT that came with his wal-mart computer he bought 6 years ago and paid $500 for and hasn't upgraded anything on it once. Now who is MORE likely to spend money on your site?
A fancy restaurant could cut it's prices by 75% and get many more customers. It doesn't mean it'll make more money.
There comes a time when you have to stop catering to the lowest common denominator and make them catch up to everyone else. I'm sure 1/1000 still use 640X480. So aren't you being unfair to them by making them scroll on your 800X 600 site.