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Resolution for your phpWCMS content?
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 11:49
by Rainer G
What's the minimum resolution for your phpWCMS content?
http://www.webhits.de/deutsch/index.shtml?webstats.html says, internet-users use this monitor-resolution:
1024 x 768
59.9%
1280 x 1024
22.5%
800 x 600
6.4%
1152 x 864
5.4%
1600 x 1200
2.1%
andere
3.7%
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 11:58
by brans
it depends on who is my target audience. Sometimes I have to focus on women or older ppl, thats when I most likely use 800*600. If you are creating a site for ppl @ work then you will have to check wether they use the computers very often etc.
most of the sites are 1024*768 +
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 12:04
by cyrano
hi brans,
funny: why "womans and older people"?
Older people because of eyes - ok, but why woman?
:-)
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 12:06
by brans
because I did some "research" at one nailstudio that I did the homepage for. There are only women coming there, a lot of them where using 800*600 or didn't know what resolution they where using.
And there was another research about this, that I have read from... I really don't remember where this was.
(both only valid for a small region in Switzerland)
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 12:17
by pico
I always try to create my Sites with a dynamic Size - so it doesn't matter wich resulution the User has. Most of the Visitors on my Pages use 1024x766
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 12:29
by Dylan Dog
my ibook has a resolution of 1024x768, but usually i do not use the full monitor size for my browser. pages that need 1024x768 suck because i have to resize my browserwindow or scroll... i guess, there are more users with such an behavior out there. so in my opinion, it is best to use a smaller resolution or a dynamic solution.
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 12:33
by Dylan Dog
another thing to keep in mind: some people use sidebars...
Posted: Sun 20. Feb 2005, 12:35
by Rainer G
Dylan Dog wrote:another thing to keep in mind: some people use sidebars...
YES
I use my favorit-sidebar
Posted: Tue 22. Feb 2005, 05:53
by Ben
Please read my comments here:
http://www.phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18677#18677.
My vote is almost always for 800 x 600.
Posted: Tue 22. Feb 2005, 06:13
by spirelli
http://phpwcms.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5221
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/resolution-dilemma (well, already some years old)
My vote too for always 800x600. It just seems to be the most sensible compromise to me.
I would not go for a flexible site if the design matters.