Re: Resolution vs monitor size

Comment on your suggestion of designing for 640x480 screen resolution.

I've found that t's best to design for 600px wide (rather than 640) since
you'll still get horizontal scrolling otherwise. You need to take into
consideration a browser's display (scroll bars, etc.) which lessens the
space available to display your html page. You really don't have 640px in
width available. I design for 640x480 since there are still a fair amount of
monitors in use of that size. Horizontal scrolling is irritating to the
viewer and not considered good design. Giving your tables the attribute of
width="100%" (or whatever percentage you want) takes care of expanding and
collapsing content to fit various monitor resolutions. So, if you don't lock
yourself into a certain pixel width, the page has a chance of looking decent
displayed on higher resolution monitors.

Sharon

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Schonefeld" <peter.schonefeld(at)bigpond.com>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Cc: <grizzlygraphics(at)mindspring.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 11:17 PM
Subject: RE: Resolution vs monitor size


> There is no reason that you can not continue to use your big monitor at
high res
> to design your pages. You need to keep in mind that you are designing for
> smaller resolutions so:
>
> .keep an eye on the total pixel width of the page - by rule of thumb about
640
> pixels max.
>
> .when previewing the pages resize your browser so that the window
innerspace
> mimicks the real estate of a smaller screen.
>
> .use css pixel values for all text size.
>
> To go off on a tangent...I used to run a Mac with two monitors one 17" at
high
> res, the other 14" at 640x480x8.  To test pages between high and low res
was as
> simple as dragging the browser across the screens. You can use two
monitors
> under windows, but does anyone know if you can run them at different
> resolutions?
>
> Regards
> peteS
>
>
> > I have a wonderful 19" monitor that I love, but when I view my pages at
> > lower resolutions (800X600)on the same monitor my pages go beyond the
edges
> > of the screen.  Should I be developing my stuff for 800X600?  Would my
> > current pages developed on a 19"monitor at 1024X768 look ok on another
> > 17"monitor?
>

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