[Sigia-l] 800 or 1024 - Which min. display resolution to build for?

[Jaeger, David]

The stats at http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp <http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp>  indicate almost 75% of Internet users have a 1024 x 768 or higher display resolution. What the stats don't reveal is the percentage of these users that have their browsers set to "maximize" so they don't have to scroll vertically to see all the content on a site or app built for a minimum 1024 width.

 

I have 1024 x 768 or higher setting on the computers I use, but I never have my browser maximized. My browser window is always somewhere around 850 to 900 wide, and that is a comfortable size to me (it just feels right).

 

Has anyone come across any research that touches on this subject?

 

Do you think there is an optimum width for usability, and beyond this optimum width we would start to see usability problems creeping in?

 

Thanks,

David

 

David Jaeger

Florida Gulf Coast University

http://www.fgcu.edu <http://www.fgcu.edu/>