Re: Display Size

Roger writes...

>I'm hoping for some other (equally  
>substantial) reasons as to why going 1024x768 is better.
 Any  
>thoughts, or references supporting this?

If you're looking for data to support your claim, you can
try this set of
statistics. It's nationwide data.

Screen Resolution for January 2007
Unknown - 6%
640x480 - 0%
800x600 - 14%
1024x768 - 54%
Higher - 26%

However, though you can use it to support your position,
realize that some
people, particularly at higher resolutions, do not operate
in full screen
mode.

Bill
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Looks like Bill's January 2007 numbers come from here:


http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

I've referenced these statistics before, but I always use
them with
caution; I always wonder what qualifies them as reasonably
realistic
given that the site itself caveats the statistics with this
and
similar statements:

"The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools'
log-files, but we
are also monitoring other sources around the Internet to
assure the
quality of these figures."

I can't find any specific reference that sheds light on
those "other
sources" nor any other information that qualifies them
as suitable
data collection sources.

When making design size recommendations for a client that
already has
a site, I always prefer to refer to the clients' own site
analytics to
make a determination. It's historical data, but it's hard to
get more
contextual than that.

Maria

On 2/15/07, Bill Killam <bkillamuser-centereddesign.com>
wrote:
>
> If you're looking for data to support your claim, you
can try this set of
> statistics. It's nationwide data.
>
> Screen Resolution for January 2007
> Unknown - 6%
> 640x480 - 0%
> 800x600 - 14%
> 1024x768 - 54%
> Higher - 26%
>
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Screen resolution is a moot point. It's browser window size
you want.  
Install Mint (http://haveamint.com) on
your site and use the browser  
window Pepper. It shows the sizes of the browser windows
visitors are  
using when coming to your site.

Here's mine:
Width 		Height
100% > 584	99%> 410
99% > 744	95% > 530
88% > 968	95% > 530
52% > 1096	76% > 598
13% > 1344	67% > 630
12% > 1384	57% > 684
6% > 1544	55% > 700
4% > 1624	46% > 730
1% > 1824	35% > 800
			28% > 830
			9% > 890
			5% > 938
			5% > 954
			<1% > 1130








On Feb 15, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Bill Killam wrote:

> Screen Resolution for January 2007
> Unknown - 6%
> 640x480 - 0%
> 800x600 - 14%
> 1024x768 - 54%
> Higher - 26%


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