Resolution

	Resolution
	Discussion by LOL with 40 Replies. Last Update: November 1, 2007, 11:42 am (View Latest)	Page 1 of 3 pages.

LOL

hi.. i neeed to know Which the better resolution to make a web side??? a resolution to work in any pc without problems

thanks.. bye ^.^

Wed Oct 17, 2007 Reply New Discussion

I am not saying that it is the best way to go, but 800x600 was a default for many designers. Nowadays the resolution moves to fit more to a page, but while working 800x600 will still alow users to see all that is being created, and will not have to scroll.

Using 1024x768 is becoming the new resolution default setting, but many popular sites still go by 800x600. For accessability purposes, some users use less space but for larger text areas.

So I would say either 800x600 or 1024x768... depending on how much space you would like to use.

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

foolakadugie

If you are really talking about resolution, than 72 dpi is standard for web graphics.

If you are talking about dimensions, than there is some debate on the issue. I normally think about my target audience.
Some sites I make are specifically targeted to graphics designer. Most of that demographic have decent screens that and
usually have them set to higher screen resolutions. In that case I use 1024x768. Even many normal users Have their
screens set to 1024x768. Now, for example, imagine you were designing a website targeted toward older people. Many
older people keep their screens set to 800x600 for easy reading. In that case, I would use 800x600.

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

wutske

I'm still surprised to read this, 800x600 is what a 14"CRT screen normaly handles and I don't think there are many people around with such a old brick on the desktop. Honestly I'd go for a website that either adapts itself to the screen width (by using relative widths or by using different style sheets) or one that has all it's data in a 800px fixed-width divider, but this is something you usualy do for a blog or something similar.

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Chesso

I also use 800x600 always, any resolution higher is unbearably tiny on the screen (even with this 17inch CRT), in-fact the case doesn't change much on a 19 or 20inch CRT or LCD for me either.

It just always looks too small, then again I don't have my nose against the monitor lol, I sit back and relax.

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Jimmy89

Don't forget that you have toolbars in the browser window which cut back on the room you have to use in a website. Also, people using laptops, particularly widescreen laptops are going to have less height and more width!

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Jeigh

Personally anytime I make websites over the last few years or more recent I use 1024x768 as an assumed average, but make sure it doesn't look like crap on 800x600 since some still use it. I also almost always use relative width's so that there isn't a bunch of empty space on people with higher resolutions since really 1024x768 isn't even close to what a lot of people run at.

So yes, my recommendation would be to use relative width's (usually layouts are pretty easy to pick and choose percents that fill the whole page and leave all pieces about the size you want) and just ensure that you play with your resolution and try it at 800x600 and up, making sure none look TOO bad, but aim for 1024x768 as a primary target.

Really its up to you as the designer, but making a site accessible to the max people possible without punishing people for using a higher resolution is always a good practice to follow.

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

vizskywalker

It really does depend on your target audience. For standard audience, I usually wokr with 1024x768 as my assumed screen size, but try to go with a modular site design that uses relative widths and heights. For example, my laptop is running 1280x800, but since I have toolbars and docked other applications, my viewing size for websites approaches 800x600 if it isn't worse than that. But I'm okay with scrolling, and modular site design means I don't have to.

As was already mentioned, 800x600 is a common standard for people who are hard of vision. So it is good to design on that standard if you are, say, making an informational page for how to find the cheapest place to buy expensive prescriptions of eyeglasses.

Also, if you are catering to government types on one of their systems, many government standards still require webpages to be 640x480, such as some military sites. This applies to US government and is mostly only for internal stuff. I don't know much more about that, though.

~Viz

Thu Oct 18, 2007 Reply New Discussion

TavoxPeru

QUOTE (LOL)

hi.. i neeed to know Which the better resolution to make a web side??? a resolution to work in any pc without problems
thanks.. bye ^.^
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I have the opinion that It dependes in a lot of conditions, like your target audience, user preferences, web content, etc, i generally work with only two resolutions, 1024x768 and 800x600 and i prefer the first one.

Best regards,

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Sten

i make my sites using 1024x768

most new sites are designed for that resolution now since its the resolution mainly used by people on their computers.

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Jimmy89

I just had a look at my site in google analytics and it came up with three different screen resolutions, 1280x1024, 1280x800 and 1024x768. this was over the last few months on my site, so anything that fits that would probably be ok!

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Chesso

You'd think so, but locally here I only know 1 person that pushes past 800x600, and some are even sitting on old 13inch CRT's with 640x480 lol.

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion

vizskywalker

Remember, though, that Google analytics only provides data about the screen resolution, not the window size. Web pages need to be geared towards window size, and window size is usually a bit smaller than the screen size do to menus, the status bar, toolbars, etc.

~Viz

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Chesso

And with how bulked up some browsers get, I wouldn't be surprised if 800x600 is still a preferable size to develop a site in.

Although developing a site that can fit pretty small but expand well, is probably the most desirable effect across the largest audience I would think.

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion

Quatrux

Well, I still usually prefer to make the design look good on 800x600, those kind of sites still look good on 1024x768 but with people still using 640x480 to browse the net, well they need to understand that they have this resolution and they need to scroll due to it, so I don't think people need to target that kind of resolution..

Moreover, it is hard to create a layout to fit everyone, I mean by setting the width to display 80% or 90% or even 100% for example, on very big resolutions, the site may look very weird and on very small resolutions everything can't fit normally, so in conclusion you still are targeted to 800x.. and 1280x.. Another problem with having such a layout is with margins, paddings and images which look big on small resolutions and look small on big resolutions.. In my opinions, forums are very good looking with 90% of width, because usually forums are full of text, but for example, did you ever try to browse astahost forum on a 640x or 800x resolution, it still looks much better on 1024x or 1280x widths of pixels, so I think that it is any webdesigners taste, the traditional way would be to still fit it for 800x600 and the new webdesigners would really want to fit it on their own resolution or for major resolutions people are using, it also depends on what about the site is and for who it is!

Fri Oct 19, 2007 Reply New Discussion