[Sigia-l] Display Size

Fri Feb 16 03:45:57 EST 2007

Hi all,

I'm currently taking the approach of designing a layout appropriate for
my two most common sizes, 800x600 and 1024x768. I'm using javascript
similar to that at colly.com to choose an appropriate layout to serve
(based on CSS) and if javascript isn't available then I'm serving a
liquid layout by default.

Although it is simple to serve liquid layouts, it can still be difficult
to serve complex layouts this way. Using something like the combination
above seems to me to be a good example of graceful degradation. Serving
specific complex layouts where possible and degrading where necessary.

I'm not saying this is the perfect solution, but it's just an
alternative approach that offers a combination of fixed and liquid
layouts.

Lee

Home Group Ltd
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
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From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On
Behalf Of Tammie Hutto Egloff
Sent: 15 February 2007 21:21
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Display Size

Also, keep in mind your user base. If you know the site will mainly/only
be
used in a university library, walk around and look at the resolution
being
used in the library. If its also for public use outside of the
library... keep
that in mind and maybe some public stats are more applicable.

When I started my current position 2 years ago, I was confused at why
we'd
still design for things to work well at 800x600.  Then, when I went to
hospitals to do some user interviews, one of the first things I noticed
was
that in the medical libraries, a lot of screens were at 800x600. Even
more
interesting, if I changed the resolution to 1024x768, the resolution was
reset
while I went for lunch. So, even though the percentage of use is tiny
for the
general public, it's actually used a lot for my target audience. So, we
design
for products to work at well 800x600... but it also works well at higher
resolutions.

------ Original Message ------
Received: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:44:50 PM CST
From: "Maria Cordell" <mcordell at gmail.com>
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Display Size

> Looks like Bill's January 2007 numbers come from here:
> 
> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
> 
> I've referenced these statistics before, but I always use them with
> caution; I always wonder what qualifies them as reasonably realistic
> given that the site itself caveats the statistics with this and
> similar statements:
> 
> "The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools' log-files, but we
> are also monitoring other sources around the Internet to assure the
> quality of these figures."
> 
> I can't find any specific reference that sheds light on those "other
> sources" nor any other information that qualifies them as suitable
> data collection sources.
> 
> When making design size recommendations for a client that already has
> a site, I always prefer to refer to the clients' own site analytics to
> make a determination. It's historical data, but it's hard to get more
> contextual than that.
> 
> Maria
> 
> On 2/15/07, Bill Killam <bkillam at user-centereddesign.com> wrote:
> >
> > If you're looking for data to support your claim, you can try this
set of
> > statistics. It's nationwide data.
> >
> > Screen Resolution for January 2007
> > Unknown - 6%
> > 640x480 - 0%
> > 800x600 - 14%
> > 1024x768 - 54%
> > Higher - 26%
> >
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