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Maverick - Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:12 am
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I believe the design resolution (that is, the minimum resolution for a website to display normal) used to be 800x600. I think nowadays you can say it is 1024x768. However I still see alot of websites with the notice that it is designed for 800x600.

What would you consider the minimum resolution for a website you are making or for any other website?

Solo Ace - Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:48 am
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Don't design a website for a resolution!

Maverick - Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:35 am
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You don't, however you must set a minimum resolution to support. Everything below that you know will make the website look like crap.
It's impossible to support all resolutions, either it looks like crap on 320x200 or 1280x1024.

CypherJF - Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:32 am
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I don't know, it used to be the standard was 600x400; but I'd imagine it'd be 800x600.

wEaViL - Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:37 am
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"most" people use 800 x 600 now

Maverick - Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:58 am
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You think? I think "most" people use 1024x768 now.
(Considering most new budget pcs come with a LCD that has max resolution of 1024x768)

SamHughes - Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:15 pm
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Maverick wrote:

This is untrue, and if you think it's true, then you're incompetent.

D1st0rt - Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:32 pm
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1024

Dr Brain - Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:15 pm
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Design it to be scalable from 1024x768 through 1280x1024, but it has to be liveable on 800x600.

Maverick - Fri Sep 16, 2005 2:23 pm
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SamHughes wrote:

This is untrue, and if you think it's true, then you're incompetent.

I'm not incompetent. If you think its untrue, prove me otherwise.

Bak - Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:45 pm
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use notepad to make your website and use percents instead of fixed pixels for the width of tables and such and it won't look bad on any normal resolution.

Cyan~Fire - Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:07 pm
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Exactly. A horizontal scroll bar should only be required if an image is wider than the window.

SamHughes - Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:25 pm
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Maverick wrote:

[..]

I'm not incompetent. If you think its untrue, prove me otherwise.

Okay!

People who think they must set a minimum resolution to support are incompetent. You think you must set a minimum resolution to support. Therefore, you're incompetent. Q.E.D.

It's nothing personal.

And yes, you have a different standard of competence than I do, so you can feel free to disagree using your definition of the word. (You might be better than 99% of people, but that's still not competent enough to me.) I don't claim myself to be competent.

Quan Chi2 - Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:38 pm
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800 by 600 would be my res because thats the default size on some computers and if someone is using 800 by 600, the website will fit just right, right? and if i make my website res 1024 x 768, the person with 800 x 600 will still be able to see it without having to scroll horozontally, right? I guess.. I dunno

Donkano - Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:46 pm
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Bak wrote:

use notepad to make your website and use percents instead of fixed pixels for the width of tables and such and it won't look bad on any normal resolution.

Stole the words from my mouth.

I never make a site using pixels, always percents because then it makes everyone happy.

wEaViL - Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:55 am
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What I meant to say was when designing the site the min. res I would support is 800x600 but make sure it will still look good in high res... I personaly run 1024 x 768. Its just that a bunch of people I know still run in 800.