Standard for web resolution these days
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- formula
So it's been about 2 years since I've done a website. Can you guys give me a safe standard I should size it at? Surely 800x600 isn't the norm still? Maybe 1028x768? I should mention that it will be white background all around, outside of the main content window, but seemless white just the same. Or whatever color we decide on.
Also, this will be a website that primarily Art Directors, Creative Directors, Photographers, etc., will be looking at. So I think it's safe to say that a huge chunk will be on Macs and more than likely using Cinema displays or the like, fyi for orientation purposes.
I don't know, I'm out of the loop with web design standards so let me know what other info you need, if any.
- formula0
I didn't mean resolution by the way, I meant dimensions.
- acescence0
I still design to 960px width for the most part.
- nocomply0
I still go by the 1024 rule because that's the resolution for most netbooks, which are becoming increasingly popular. I don't make any divs wider than about 980.
As for the height, I don't sweat that part too much, but do try to get at least a sentence or two of body text "above the fold" of a 768 or 800px screen.
- formula0
Thanks fellas.
wow, on my 27" display even the 1024 looks so tiny. Just deal with it? Anyone have a clue what the average person is running their monitors at today? Guess it's all over the place now with laptops, and super high res displays.
Even so, guess 1024 is the safest, eh?
- formula0
Look at that! Even almost a year ago this source states that 76% were higher than 1024x768. I imagine that percentage is higher since Jan 2011 is a few weeks away.
- acescence0
keep in mind those are visitor stats for w3schools, not the internet at large. you could also do a variable width layout for multiple sizes.
- lukus_W0
- But think about your target audience .. take stats and tailor your site if you make a mistake.lukus_W
- right on, this will be a photographers website so it'll pretty much be people in the design field checking it out. Only reason I assumed I could get away with an abnormal format.formula
- reason I thought I could do non average size.formula
- DrBombay0
Do you have stats of the site you are working on or is it brand new? If not, 1024x768 is plenty, anyone running 800x600 can't even be bothered to buy a new monitor, so they aren't buying anything else anyway.
Thank you,
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- instrmntl0
i'd say 1040/1050x860 or so.
- MrNibs0
I tend to stay closer to the 960 Width. But height is a tougher restriction and, depending on your layout, sometime forces your width to be smaller. You can crank your site out to 1040/1050 but you won't get much vertical 'above the fold' out of your web layout. (at least for the masses)
Remember many Dell laptops ship with native resolutions of 1366 but their height is still sitting at 768px. Add the boat load of crap they install on the machine to bloat your browser toolbar and you end up losing major vertical real estate for your site.
Variable width layouts can be great if done right. Much harder to pull of well though.
- appalled0
990 max
- Dodecahedron0
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- Peter0
Good initiative here:
- Stugoo0
1024 x768 is still the standard.... we have tablets to thank for that one....
then again @media is a powerful css, urrr, thing....- People don't buy huge monitors to display huge websites. Haha.doublespaced
- Sneakybadger20
^^ RE: SteveJobs link..... 4.8 % are still using IE6 FFS!!
- Argue that that 4.8% is not worth the extra man hours required to design specifically with IE6 in mind?
Very few demographics that advertising/products are marketed at will be using IE6 these days.orrinward - Very few demographics that advertising/products are marketed at will be using IE6 these days.orrinward
- I'm not so sure, a lot of western big businesses' employees are still using 6. LV i know for sure!Sneakybadger2
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- And their employees usually install Firefox.doublespaced
- i do b2b email/web pages and about 30% of our clients still use ie6, also one still uses lotus 6.5. nightmare.thecreativefire
- Argue that that 4.8% is not worth the extra man hours required to design specifically with IE6 in mind?
- JamesBoynton0
Don't pay too much attention to w3. It only shows stats for its own site and i would think the majority of people that go to that site will be involved in web dev etc. If the site you are designing already exists in an old form try and get hold of some stats, even webalizer.
- jamble0
Stick to 960 as the base but perhaps look at a flexible grid like http://cssgrid.net
As a rough guide a site we work on for a client gets about 60% at 1024 but then the next 35% or so is actually bigger res width wise.
That's based on between 1 and 4 million page views a month traffic.
Hope that helps!