[Sigia-l] functional screen resolution + wireframes sizing

[Nancy]

"Do you have standard sizes and templates for 1024x768 wireframes?"

Though a little dated now, Web Monkey came up with a few useful charts for
determining canvas size for different browser/resolution combinations:
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a_page2.html?tw=design

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"As screens increase, that doesn't mean that the audiences are running them
at the higher resolutions."
"Audiences that run bigger screens at lower resolutions - academia, age 45+,
or general public over 50..."

Thank you - I couldn't help but think of my mother with her 800 x 600
resolution setting and another relative in her 90's who is still using 640 x
480.  So, I'd be cautious that your audience doesn't fall into the 50 or 65+
age range before making the switch to 1024 x 768.

For general demographics, Pew Internet offers some free reports:
http://www.pewinternet.org/trends.asp.  According to their latest, 64% of
adults 50-64 and 27% of adults 65 and older use the Internet.  These numbers
have increased quite a bit over the last 5 years, so maybe this explains
Yahoo's reversal to 800 x 600.

Nancy McCrave