Re: The forced death of CRTs


"Frank ess" <frank@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Paul J Gans wrote:
>> "Mark?" <mjmorgan(lowest even number here)@cox..net> wrote:
>>
>>> "Stephen Poley" <sbpoleySpicedHamTrap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 06:23:19 -0500, All Things Mopar
>>>> <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As to resolution, I'm not limited in any way, except that it is
>>>>> true that there is only one "natural" resolution, 1280 x 960 in
>>>>> my case, where you presumeably get the best quality.
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> It is a problem. If one runs a site intended to be read
>> by a wide variety of people, you are stuck. Some are
>> still at 640x480. The largest single group (but not
>> a majority) are ate 1024x768. The up and coming
>> resolution seems to be 1280x1024, which is typically
>> an LCD resolution.
>>
>> After that folks use all sorts of resolutions.
>>
>> It isn't possible to code one web page that will reasonably
>> fill your screen at all those resolutions.
>>
>> So designers do what they can. Many now code for 800x600
>> and try to make it look decent at 1024x768 while allowing
>> others to still read it.
>>
>> It isn't a matter of style. I've spent several hours today
>> resizing scans for web pages. I've chosen to design for
>> 800x600 which means that the 640x480 folks get scroll bars.
>>
>> I *hate* photos with scroll bars.
>>
>
> TheCounter.com says it knows this about July's visitors to sites using its
> service:
>
> Resolution No. of hits per cent. of the total
>
> 1024x768 36,474,636 (55%)
> 800x600 15,929,505 (24%)
> 1280x1024 8,404,617 (12%)
> 1152x864 2,162,329 (3%)
> Unknown 1,744,199 (2%)
> 1600x1200 512,872 (0%)
> 640x480 287,417 (0%)
>
> Looks to me as if designing for 640x480 is antiquated, and 70% of the
> reported users are using greater resolution than 800x600. You reckon a
> little horizontal scrolling will encourage 800x600s to migrate?

Now there's a thought!
I think I'll make sure my posts include at least 1024x768... (usually do
anyway, but that may well be what it takes to prompt people...though unless
the big sites do it, our little images won't "amount to a hill o' beans in
this crazy woild...").


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