When will 1024x768 Replace 800x600 for Web Design?

Dr.X asks: "It seems as users get bigger and better monitors and video cards, the standard for web resolution is slowly approaching 1024. There is a fairly in depth answer over at Google stating that we are likely to be safe at 800x600 but when will we hit 1024 as the standard. What's Slashdot's opinion?"

Comments

Mac window usage style

[No-op]

Umm, ooooookay...

As a recent Mac convert, (or longtime BSD user, who just happened to switch hardware- take your pick) I've noticed that the mac's multiple window thing is really, really annoying.

Windows annoys me too, with the fact that most apps only really seem to work in Maximized mode- full screen, blah blah blah. I'm having a hard time getting used to all the little windows everywhere, and the fact that trying to sort through all the damn windows is so terribly frustrating. and, when I alt-tab to an app that's minimized, it doesn't maximize itself - I have to go click on it from the Dock. that drives me nuts. so I end up leaving all the windows on the screen, covering each other.

I don't know how big of a monitor you other mac people use, but I have a pretty decent 19" flatscreen @ 1280x1024 resolution- and it doesn't seem NEARLY big enough to actually use more than one window at a time (other than terminal, of course, which unfortunately is slightly too big to tile 9 windows on the screen).

I suppose I need to learn more about the mac's arcane control keys, but more than anything I'd prefer a more normal unix-ish command key setup. oh well. I'm sure someone will tell me how easy it is to do that, but it's not all that obvious to me.

I refuse to believe the mac has some sort of super-uber-wonderful theory of desktop usage, though, and I wish people would stop acting like it. they waste too much damn space with useless brushed-metal stuff (ugly! make it go away!)

on a separate note, pixel oriented "graphic designers" suck. go CSS.

Re:Why is this even necessary?

[scrytch]

> 648 x 486? I can pull better numbers out of my ass.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8& q= ntsc+resolution+486

asshole.