what screen size to make webpages for

[Anubis]

or something larger? i cant imaging anyone uses a mnitor that small intodays world of where cheap 17in LCDs run 1280x1024

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I say 1024*768

 

[iamwiz82]

I'd say it depends on your audience. Older people tend to keep it at around 800x600.

 

[fs5]

depends on your audience.
personally I do 1024x768 😉

 

[necine]

use css... can make it for any sized page.

 

[Gunslinger08]

1024 is the standard. I've seen maybe one computer in the past couple of years running at 800x600.

 

[Drakkon]

it depends on who the audience is
if its a younger audience(below 40) then 1024x768 if its for older audiences (50+) then 800x600
anywhere in between and its a crapshoot but id say 1024x768

 

[Patt]

I just went through this with the site I'm designing. I opted for 1024 ... 800 is not as realistic anymore. That and it is for the golf course. I figure that the people looking at the site can afford to golf, they've probably got a recent generation monitor 🙂

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: necine
use css... can make it for any sized page.

yea that aint happening

 

[Ramma2]

Target audience. Older than say.... 35 do 800x600. Seems all the people above 35 here at work keep their 17" monitors set at 800x600 because otherwise "the icons are too small"

 

[rh71]

the can of worms has been opened once again.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1747964&enterthread=y

I'll leave my thoughts again here... if you're designing for tech heads exclusively, they will likely have a screen @ 1024x768 or above so have at it. Otherwise, the safe resolution is still 800x600.

Don't forget where you're asking this either.

 

[MajorMullet]

1024x768

 

[Beau]

if you're still using 800x600, you don't belong on teh intarweb.

1024x768

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Beau
if you're still using 800x600, you don't belong on teh intarweb.

1024x768

i woudl say if you are still useing 1024*768 you shouldent be on teh intarweb

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Beau
if you're still using 800x600, you don't belong on teh intarweb.

1024x768

I
beg
to
differ.

I'm
on
640
x
480!

 

[Mark R]

The whole idea of HTML is that it shouldn't be designed for a specific screen/window/font size.

Want to display stuff for a fixed size/resolution? Use PDF.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: Beau
if you're still using 800x600, you don't belong on teh intarweb.

1024x768

I
beg
to
differ.

I'm
on
640
x
480!

^ :laugh:

 

[RossMAN]

1024*798

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: Beau
if you're still using 800x600, you don't belong on teh intarweb.

1024x768

I
beg
to
differ.

I'm
on
640
x
480!

^ :laugh:

hahahahhaha 😀

 

[Kev]

It really isn't that difficult to make your page scalable to 1024 or 800 width.

 

[ultimatebob]

I wish that all web designers would offer a text only option on their web pages with just basic HTML formatting. None of these fancy new CSS/Flash/AJAX/Whatever web sites render correctly on a 240x320 PDA or cell phone display.

 

[Anubis]

phones dont belong on the internet

 

[Chryso]

I like pages to be sized for 800x600. I run my screen at 1024x768 but I like to keep my browser as a window.

 

[JLGatsby]

Make it viewable for 800x600, many people in America and a lot in other countries use that resolution, unless you have a tech audience.

 

[TerumoII]

Originally posted by: Anubis
or something larger? i cant imaging anyone uses a mnitor that small intodays world of where cheap 17in LCDs run 1280x1024

Check your web stats. And also make sure it's browser friendly. If 90% of your audience is using IE6, make sure it works very well with IE 6 (even if you hate IE). Nothing is worse than alienating your prime audience as they'll just leave.

What's important in web design is keeping power. It doesn't matter how fancy and Flashy a page can be, if the navigation, bells and whistles and it's not web compliant, it wouldn't matter much -- as the audience will be long gone.

Logical layout. Content. Browser specific features. Friendly navigation are all hallmarks of a great site layout.

Terumo