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When will 1024x768 Replace 800x600 for Web Design?

Posted by Cliff on from the screen-real-estate-inflation dept.

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?"

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  1. Some numbers by Scarblac · · Score: 5, Informative
    No time to read the article, but I'll fill in some stats from our site:
    • 640x480: 0.15%
    • 800x600: 10.9%
    • 1024x768: 54.8%
    • 1280x1024: 19.7%
    • other/undetected: 14.4%

    Our site was designed for 1024x768, this site is running since January; the stats are since the end of March. It's a webshop (computer hardware) in the Netherlands. Numbers were found using a hidden frame that posts a form with values filled in by a bit of javascript.

    Of course, designing for a fixed resolution is bad, should always look good, yadda yadda... It'll work on lower resolutions but you may have to scroll sideways now and then.

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  2. Re:Why is this even necessary? by E_elven · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, the ones who develop using CSS for layout are usually very standards-aware, it's the other guys who are the problem.

    The resolution I develop for is 100%, but one can make good fixed-width layouts, even ones that run off the viewport horizontally, which requires real talent (or good luck). See CSS Zen Garden.

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