[Sigia-l] statistics/articles

[James KALBACH]

There are two very important things to remember when looking at screen
resolution stats:

	1. Monitor size is independent of screen
	   resolution (as David Heller pointed out)

	2. Screen resolution is independent of
	   viewable browsing area (as Ziya mentioned)

I personally believe that designing webpages for one fixed size is
fundamentally flawed. The question of 800x600 or 1024x768 is not only
based on the wrong numbers, it overlooks the flexibility of the medium.

   See my article in WebReview for more details:
   http://www.webreview.com/2001/03_16/webauthors/index01.shtml

also see Adrian Roselli's stats on Evolt.org - they are old, but
interesting:
http://evolt.org/article/Real_World_Browser_Size_Stats_Part_II/
20/2297/index.html

Michael Bernard & Laurie Larsen even found that a fluid layout looks more
professional than fixed sized versions of a design.
http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/3S/layout.htm

Finally:
"Design for the World Wide Web, not for a browser."
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AnySizeDesign


Ciao,
Jim