Re: Browser Resolution / missing something

I have my 15" monitor set to 1024 px, most people find this to be to small.
One of my users has a 17" monitor set to 800px, and I have to sit on the 
other side of the room to see it. (ie too big)
I long for the day (perhaps, perhaps not) when I can get a 19" monitor, set 
it 1600 px and have four 800 x 600 windows up and running at one time.

So a 21" monitor could be set to run at 800 or even 600 px if you were 
using it in a classroom, but I wouldn't want it on my desk.

With newer browsers coming out with a channel window (NN 6.0 will have a 
nice one) I feel that we will gain nothing from increased monitor size or 
increase px count, and should stick with a 600px format.

Ok I DO NOT DO THAT..... I compose for 780 px, but arrange it so that is 
will not look bad at 580px, and still looks good on my monitor at 1000 px.

Elias

At 08:03 AM 6/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Maybe I'm missing something here, but what's monitor size got to do with
>this?
>What matters is the resolution surely - that's what decides how the visitor
>sees the site.
>What basic difference would there be in a website's appearance with a 14"
>monitor using 800x600 and a 21" monitor using 800x600? Details might show up
>better - but the layout would be the same.
>
>I think Jim's stats show that the target for design is 800x600 without
>caring about the size of the monitor.

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