whats the avg. surfer screen size these days?
 

anyone have any statistics with the new lcds and displays that people are using?

17 inches

well I think thats majority, not average...

screen size or resolution?

My mom has a 21 or what ever lap top... i dont know excactly but it morphs my little one i got...

It All Just Depends I Guess, Now Huh

If you're talking resolutions, a quick glance at some of my site shows 30 to 40% use 800 by 600 and 40% to 50% run at 1024 by 768.

I didn't think so many people would still be using 800 by 600.

I'd say 17" or if you mean resolution probably 1024x768

Based on our traffic

1024x768 41.61%
1280x1024 13.66%
1280x800 13.21%
800x600 8.82%
1440x900 5.45%
1152x864 3.65%
1680x1050 3.22%
1280x768 1.33%
1280x960 1.27%
1920x1200 1.24%

Hope that helps a bit...

Actually I checked a few more sites and the 800 by 600 numbers are lower, but still one of the top 3 resolutions being used.

resolutions..sorry for not clarifying it

based on 51,169,940 Pageviews



1.
1024x768
2,164,267 45.83%
2.
1280x1024
706,296 14.96%
3.
1280x800
547,047 11.59%
4.
800x600
388,967 8.24%
5.
1440x900
216,630 4.59%
6.
1152x864
176,459 3.74%
7.
1680x1050
137,174 2.90%
8.
1280x768
75,821 1.61%
9.
1280x960
55,018 1.17%
10.
1400x1050
42,157 0.89%

almost identical %s as munki.

i would say optimize for 1024x768

1024x768

1. 1024x768 - 215,584 -- 48.87%
2. 1280x1024 - 64,231 -- 14.56%
3. 1280x800 - 47,22 -- 510.71%
4. 800x600 - 39,257 -- 8.90%
5. 1440x900 - 17,523 -- 3.97%
6. 1152x864 - 16,641 -- 3.77%
7. 1680x1050 - 9,563 -- 2.17%
8. 1280x768 - 6,470 -- 1.47%
9. 1280x960 - 4,949 -- 1.12%
10. 1400x1050 - 3,131 -- 0.71%

1024x768 1,009,938 47.32%
2. 1280x800 310,828 14.56%
3. 1280x1024 220,548 10.33%
4. 800x600 200,797 9.41%
5. 1440x900 95,680 4.48%
6. 1152x864 65,797 3.08%
7. 1680x1050 42,193 1.98%
8. 1280x768 36,782 1.72%
9. 480x272 23,490 1.10%
10. 1280x960 16,967 0.79%

one word 15.4"

Only 10% of your surfers have shitty resolutions. Don't worry. They don't spend any money.

damn dude, pretty pathetic that your mom has better equipment than you...

I like big screens...

1024x768 43.39%
1280x1024 31.43%
800x600 6.55%
1440x900 4.98%
1152x864 3.66%
1680x1050 3.42%
Other 2.88%
1400x1050 1.32%
1920x1200 1.16%
1600x1200 1.13%
640x480 0.07%
2048x1536 0.01%

It's not size that matters, it's what you do with it.

So the moral of the story is to design the widest graphic or table on your page about 1000 pixels wide.

table width="100%