Re: design resolution question

We run into this problem alot at my office, and I sat down one day and sized 
up the max viewing space for each resolution.... they match about what 
mebmonkey says...

BUT, designing for only 270 in height is a little ludicrous... so I use what 
I call the "Magic Numbers" when designing.... I do most of my layout in 
photoshop, and design for 620 pixels by 430 pixels.
The reason for this is that the majority of web users these days use 
800X600....
BUT, I know how annoying horizontal scrolling can be, so I go for the 
smallest width, yet the Mead height. this way no horizontal scroll bars for 
anyone, but its not too much to ask the 480x600 people to scroll down a 
little.

My 2 cents
Katrina


From: "Jason Peters" <Jason(at)fmb.org.uk>
To: "Alan Wilson" <lightstorm(at)jps.net>, <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Subject: Re: design resolution question
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 09:23:43 -0000

You should check out the Webmonkey article 'Sizing Up The Browers' on the
HotWired site. The URL is as follows:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a.html?tw=design

They suggest that to ensure that everyone can see a page in its entirety it
should be no larger than 557x270 pixels for those running at a resolution of
640x480 and 717x390 for those at 800x600.

They do take the MS Office taskbar into account in these calculations.

HTH.
---
Jason Peters
BRIX Project Web Designer
Jason(at)fmb.org.uk
www.fmb.org.uk


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