[Sigia-l] statistics/articles

[Fiorito, David]

I agree that a web site should not be designed for a fixed size, I prefer my
sites to scale - however - the design should display well at a certain
minimum resolution.  800x600 is an excellent target size based on the
current statistics.  So when I design I try to avoid horizontal scrolloing
at 800x600 and I make sure the site looks good at 1024x768.  This way I can
be confident that most of the site's users will have a good visual
experience.

Cheers,

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: James KALBACH [mailto:kalbach at scils.rutgers.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:29 AM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] statistics/articles


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

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