SIGIA-L Mail Archives: RE: [Sigia-l] statistics/articles
RE: [Sigia-l] statistics/articles
From: Fiorito, David (DFiorito_at_IKON.com)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 09:59:16 EDT
I agree that a web site should not be designed for a fixed size, I prefer my
sites to scale - however - the design should display well at a certain
minimum resolution. 800x600 is an excellent target size based on the
current statistics. So when I design I try to avoid horizontal scrolloing
at 800x600 and I make sure the site looks good at 1024x768. This way I can
be confident that most of the site's users will have a good visual
experience.
Cheers,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: James KALBACH [mailto:kalbach_at_scils.rutgers.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:29 AM
To: sigia-l_at_asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] statistics/articles
There are two very important things to remember when looking at screen
resolution stats:
1. Monitor size is independent of screen
resolution (as David Heller pointed out)
2. Screen resolution is independent of
viewable browsing area (as Ziya mentioned)
I personally believe that designing webpages for one fixed size is
fundamentally flawed. The question of 800x600 or 1024x768 is not only
based on the wrong numbers, it overlooks the flexibility of the medium.
See my article in WebReview for more details:
http://www.webreview.com/2001/03_16/webauthors/index01.shtml
also see Adrian Roselli's stats on Evolt.org - they are old, but
interesting:
http://evolt.org/article/Real_World_Browser_Size_Stats_Part_II/
20/2297/index.html
Michael Bernard & Laurie Larsen even found that a fluid layout looks more
professional than fixed sized versions of a design.
http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/3S/layout.htm
Finally:
"Design for the World Wide Web, not for a browser."
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AnySizeDesign
Ciao,
Jim
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