09-03-2003, 06:30 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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What Resolution do You Use?
I'm looking at relaxing our template restriction of having images a maximum of 400 pixels wide, and wanted to know what monitor resolution you're running. The reason we have the 400 pixel-wide restrictions on the graphics is to keep the site 800 x 600 resolution friendly. But I have to wonder, given the audience I know we have, how many of you are running at that resolution. This is for desktop/laptops, not for Pocket PCs of course. :wink:
I run in 1280 x 1024, but I find that I rarely run the browser full screen, so if you want to really get technical, answer the question below based on the window size you normally run your browser in if you don't go full screen.
The bottom line here is that we want to avoid the evil horizontal scrolling, but still have images that are of a reasonable size on a high-resolution monitor. Feedback welcome!
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09-03-2003, 06:32 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I have a 1600x1200 display on a 21" LCD.... doesn't everyone use a high-resolution display? 
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09-03-2003, 06:36 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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1600x1200 on dual monitors for a total of 3200 x 1200, baby! No horizontal scrolling for me. 8)
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09-03-2003, 06:40 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 405
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I toggle between 1024x768 and 1280x1024 on a 19" LCD
Having old and near sided eyes, I usually browse at 1024x768
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09-03-2003, 06:41 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 136
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
I have a 1600x1200 display on a 21" LCD.... doesn't everyone use a high-resolution display? |
thats what i run on my laptop
but i dont run ie fullscreen so i chose 800x600 so i can run 4 browsers at once <EG> :twisted:
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09-03-2003, 06:46 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
I have a 1600x1200 display on a 21" LCD.... doesn't everyone use a high-resolution display? |
Same here (though on a 20" LCD), but I don't keep the browser maximized.
Here's the problem, Jason: all of us hardcore users use that high resolution, but the guests who visit the site occasionally might not. I have a feeling this poll won't give you an accurate answer. I can say that most of my customers use their workstations at 800x600. When I hit the site from the road, I'm often stuck with that resolution -- so I prefer the way things are now.
--janak
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09-03-2003, 06:52 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
I can say that most of my customers use their workstations at 800x600. When I hit the site from the road, I'm often stuck with that resolution -- so I prefer the way things are now. |
That's my issue, too. Have a 16" laptop that I run at 1600, but most of my client's machines run at half that on 14 or 15 inch monitors. Ugly, but much easier on the budget when you buy machines in batches of thousands.
Karen
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09-03-2003, 06:59 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 170
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Yeah, I find that most users still have their resolutions set at 800 x 600... You should set up a script to grab the screen resolutions and log them somewhere and see what you get.
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09-03-2003, 07:03 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,911
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I have a ghetto laptop that I dug out the trash, that runs 800x600. My home and work desktops run at 1280x1024.
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09-03-2003, 07:05 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 137
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I didn't see an option for 4928 x 1200. I think the survey is incomplete.
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