[Sigia-l] Display Size

[Bill Killam]

Roger asked for data to support a position.  That's all that I provided and
Roger knows that. (We've talked.)

Bill
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From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf
Of Maria Cordell
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 3:41 PM
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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