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What resolution do you design your websites for?
We are currently updating the design/content of the IMCA site and I am considering the resolutions we should cater for.
- Is 1024×768 still alive?
- Should we try to make it backward compatible?
- Is ie6 actually dead?
OK, there are many more questions but I think that the most potent for now is the one in the title which concerns resolutions.
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Re: What resolution do you design your websites for?
- Yes, I still use 1024×786 on my 17” CRT. I don’t plan on switching to a larger screen for at least another year or two.
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- Dead, covered in worms and smelly.
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- Is 1024×768 still alive? Yes, i think about 20-30% still use this resolution. Look for public inet stats for more accurate info
- Should we try to make it backward compatible? Yes, if you want this 20-30% not to see horisontal scrollbar
- Is ie6 actually dead? Almost yet. I think, 10-20% still use it. And most of them, IMO, use 1024 × 768
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#4 2009-08-25 12:33:32
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Re: What resolution do you design your websites for?
I usually look at large online publications such as NY Times or Times Online UK what they design for. Currently their maximum content width is around 970 px, so it falls nicely within 1024 px resolution. Once those kind of sites move up a notch, you can assume it’s safe to do so, too.
IE6 still accounts for some 12-20% of traffic on my sites. As far as I understand, this is partly due to the large number of pirated copies of Win XP, which prevents users from upgrading to a more recent version of IE.
Personally I wouldn’t bend over backwards to ensure full compatibility with that browser. Those still using it will be aware that sites aren’t looking/working too well anymore.
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Fine:) Even if ie6 is still kicking it is about time people switched to a better browser anyway anyway. Maybe i’ll add a message just for that browser:)
Your advise on resolutions though seem to be that we keep the 1024x compatible format for some time to come:(
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#6 2009-08-25 13:34:34
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Re: What resolution do you design your websites for?
colak wrote:
Your advise on resolutions though seem to be that we keep the 1024x compatible format for some time to come:(
I believe there are limits as to how wide you’d want to go even if everybody had a 30” screen. These limits are dictated by text size, line length and number of columns.
The optimal line length for readablility is somewhere between 65 and 80 characters per line, depending on the type face and line spacing, and on the web I tend towards the lower number.
Personally I also find sites with more than 3 columns usually too busy and overloaded with information, but it depends on the nature of the content, too.
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Yiannis,
IMO best choice today is to design with liquid layout cause we can’t ignore current enthusiasm for netbooks (with 8’/10’ display).
If all professional designers announce the dead of IE6 for 2010, best practice is to render pages in text mode only for this browser and below (with the use of conditional comments) because you will still find IE6 users in your stats (personnaly, I found last year a visitor with IE4!).
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Pat64 wrote:
I found last year a visitor with IE4!)
!! I hope you hunted them down and hit them with a rubber mallet until they upgraded :-p
fwiw, I’m with masa on the 1024 thing. Comfortable line lengths dictate your layout. If people wanna blow it up to fit a 28” widescreen monitor, they can make the font bigger and everything adjusts accordingly! :-D
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Bloke wrote:
!! I hope you hunted them down and hit them with a rubber mallet until they upgraded :-p
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Looks like 1024×768 is still king
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I forgot about thecounter. 800×600 still holds on and what’s with those people still using 640×480?
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#12 2009-08-25 15:54:59
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Re: What resolution do you design your websites for?
mrdale wrote:
Looks like 1024×768 is still king
What eludes me in these statistics is the “Unknown” figure. They seem to stash all non-standard resolutions, like the typical 16:9 screens, in that category.
Sure it must be possible to break that down more accurately.
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