Re: Screen Resolution (was Layers Problem)

> Who are you designing really for? Yourself? Your colleagues? Or General Q.
> Public?

Interestingly enough, in the latest issue of Forbes (just got mine today),
there's an article asking the same question.  It's online at

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/00/0612/6514250a.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: Laurie Landry <lmlweb(at)lmlweb.com>
To: Hwg-Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 6:10 PM
Subject: RE: Screen Resolution (was Layers Problem)


> Question to ask yourself:
>
> Who are you designing really for? Yourself? Your colleagues? Or General Q.
> Public?
>
> A very good designer will make a page look great in any browser and
monitor
> settings.  I have never seen a well-designed site look "clunky" at
800x600,
> or even 640x480...
>
> I would suggest that you forget about what settings you and your friends
> have your monitors at... never assume that others will have the same
> settings you do... because they won't.
>
> Laurie Landry
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Andrew Dodd
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 1:46 PM
> > To: Peter Benoit
> > Cc: Hwg-Techniques
> > Subject: Screen Resolution (was Layers Problem)
> >
> >
> > Most people I know now consider 800x600 to be the minority rather than
the
> > majority - but most are techies rather than designers. What does
> > surprise me
> > is how clunky 800x600 now looks.
> >
> > What do other people think?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Benoit [mailto:pbenoit(at)triton-network.com]
> > Sent: 30 May 2000 19:59
> > To: 'doddy(at)andrew-dodd.com'
> > Cc: Hwg-Techniques
> > Subject: RE: Layers Problem
> >
> >
> > Same, except my taskbar is on the right side of my screen instead
> > of at the
> > bottom.  Hold over from the old Powerdesk days...  Either way, that's
> > considered huge in the HTML community.  I'd drop it down to 800
> > pixels wide
> > at most, but that's just me. ;)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew Dodd [SMTP:doddy(at)andrew-dodd.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:50 PM
> > > To: Peter Benoit
> > > Cc: Hwg-Techniques
> > > Subject: RE: Layers Problem
> > >
> > > What resolution is your screen set to - I use 1024x768 as a default.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>

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