Also, keep in mind your user base. If you know the site will
mainly/only be
used in a university library, walk around and look at the
resolution being
used in the library. If its also for public use outside of
the library... keep
that in mind and maybe some public stats are more
applicable.
When I started my current position 2 years ago, I was
confused at why we'd
still design for things to work well at 800x600. Then, when
I went to
hospitals to do some user interviews, one of the first
things I noticed was
that in the medical libraries, a lot of screens were at
800x600. Even more
interesting, if I changed the resolution to 1024x768, the
resolution was reset
while I went for lunch. So, even though the percentage of
use is tiny for the
general public, it's actually used a lot for my target
audience. So, we design
for products to work at well 800x600... but it also works
well at higher
resolutions.
------ Original Message ------
Received: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:44:50 PM CST
From: "Maria Cordell" <mcordell gmail.com>
To: sigia-lasis.org
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Display Size
> 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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