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

Quotealex · 02-17-2006, 09:31 PM

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 · 02-17-2006, 09:33 PM

noooooooooooooooooooooo

dissipate · 02-17-2006, 09:34 PM

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

sumphatpimp · 02-17-2006, 09:38 PM

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

Tempest · 02-17-2006, 09:39 PM

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

swedguy · 02-17-2006, 09:46 PM

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

SomeCreep · 02-17-2006, 10:42 PM

800x600 always

Hotrocket · 02-17-2006, 10:45 PM

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.

02-17-2006, 09:31 PM	#1
Quotealex Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: The Global Digerati Village Posts: 6,265	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?

02-17-2006, 09:33 PM	#2
Deputy Chief Command Deputy Chief Command Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,482	noooooooooooooooooooooo __________________

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SomeCreep :glugglug Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 26,118	800x600 always __________________ Webair Hosting I use and recommend Webair for hosting.

02-17-2006, 09:34 PM	#3
dissipate The Dirty Frenchman Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 8,904	I think the average monitor is 17", and many systems now ship with 19"

02-17-2006, 09:38 PM	#4
sumphatpimp Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,235	I can't imagine someone with a 800x600 monitor having the money to buy anything online, so why waste the space?

02-17-2006, 09:39 PM	#5
Tempest Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Coast, Canada. Posts: 10,217	Yes. There's this thing called "testing".. and my traffic improves when I make sure the attention grabbing stuff is in an 800x600 window.

02-17-2006, 09:46 PM	#6
swedguy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,981	The most common resolution is 1024. 800 wide sites still look great on 1024x768. But 1024 wide, doesn't look that great on 800x600.

02-17-2006, 10:45 PM	#8
Hotrocket Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,327	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.