Do still make sites for surfers with 14-15" monitors?

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  • Quotealex
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2001
    • 6265

    #1

    Do still make sites for surfers with 14-15" monitors?

    Do you still limit the width of your site to 800 pixels even tho they look very small on regular size monitors?
  • Deputy Chief Command
    Deputy Chief Command
    • Nov 2005
    • 4482

    #2
    noooooooooooooooooooooo

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    • dissipate
      The Dirty Frenchman
      • Nov 2005
      • 8904

      #3
      I think the average monitor is 17", and many systems now ship with 19"

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      • sumphatpimp
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2002
        • 5235

        #4
        I can't imagine someone with a 800x600 monitor having the money to buy anything online, so why waste the space?

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        • Tempest
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • May 2004
          • 10217

          #5
          Yes. There's this thing called "testing".. and my traffic improves when I make sure the attention grabbing stuff is in an 800x600 window.

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          • swedguy
            Confirmed User
            • Jan 2002
            • 7981

            #6
            The most common resolution is 1024. 800 wide sites still look great on 1024x768. But 1024 wide, doesn't look that great on 800x600.

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            • SomeCreep
              :glugglug
              • Mar 2003
              • 26118

              #7
              800x600 always

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              • Hotrocket
                Confirmed User
                • May 2004
                • 1327

                #8
                According to my stats still about 25% of surfers are 800 and below.
                Most monitors still ship with 800X600 as the default size and I think there are some surfers who have vision probs that use 800X600 too.

                I think you can get away with larger formats when designing sites that arent all about displaying ads to the surfer...but I want the ads in their face in the first viewable screen.

                Using CSS can help you cover more screen sizes in 1 shot..tho sometimes doesnt produce the most visually pleasing layout.

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