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04-22-2003, 09:20 AM
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Standard resolution...
I'm desiging a website for my boss, and it has a graphical navigation bar at the top. It's a JPG file.
I have reduced the image's width to 640 pixels, but my boss wants the graphic bar to be wider. So I was wondering which is the standard minimum resolution size nowadays? 640x480 OR 800x600 Can you please help me out? I'm asking because I would like ALL visitors be able to view the website the same way as everyone else (an ideal world, I know!) Cheers, Jova |
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04-22-2003, 09:26 AM
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Most people keep their resolutions at 800x600 or 1024x768. I haven't seen a 640x480 resolution in a very long time.
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04-22-2003, 10:10 AM
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800x600 is the minimum these days, and many websites believe that nobody views things at anything less than 1024x768. I have my resolution set to 1024x768; anything less just looks weird to me.
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04-22-2003, 11:00 AM
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It all depends on the intended audience for the website. I have quite a few customers that are elderly (i.e. poor eyesight) and still run 640x480. There are also a lot of people still around with 14 inch monitors and 1 meg video cards who run at 640x480.
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04-22-2003, 12:21 PM
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I've got a 17" LCD and 59 year old eyes with stigmatism. 800X600 is about all I can handle with ease.
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04-22-2003, 12:45 PM
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The classic way of handling this problem is to make a few versions of the Web Site using different resolutions.
Then use some javascript to detect the visitor's resolution which then directs them to the appropriate version. You can get the code (and variations of the code) from any free javascript website and then just paste it into your HTML e.g. http://www.javascript-page.com/screenres.html The perfectionist would also have different versions for IE, NS, and other browsers, if necessary. Last edited by mike breck; 04-22-2003 at 12:48 PM. |
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04-23-2003, 10:52 AM
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i got headaches when i first used 1024 x 768.
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04-23-2003, 12:23 PM
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That probably means you need to increase your monitor refresh rate, Sleepypost.
[edit]: typo Last edited by Force Flow; 04-23-2003 at 12:30 PM. |
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04-23-2003, 04:45 PM
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Yup, windows will knock your refresh rate down to 60hz by default when you go up to a higher resolution, to ensure that your monitor can handle what you're doing.
To be completely free of flickering you need to be able to run at 80hz or above. |
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04-24-2003, 04:25 AM
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To everyone who contributed to my post,
Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. Now I am increasing the image size a lot more. It is for an internal University website and everyone got HUGE monitors!  Cheers, Jova |
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