Screen resolutions

[Becki]

Looking to see what you guys are running at, as I'm 800x600. Am I really out of date?

Also what screen res do you build your sites to?

[TheEnforcer]

Although in the lead now in the voting I don't think it will hold up. I have mine at 800x600.

[Becki]

Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Apr 23 2005, 12:33 PM
Although in the lead now in the voting I don't think it will hold up. I have mine at 800x600.
A fellow 800x600 lover :)

[sarettah]

Hey Becki :)

I run my screen resolution pretty much as high as the monitor will allow (and still be readable).

But, programmers, webmasters etc usually run a higher resolution than the every day surfer (because as you will find out as friends ask you for tech support, many surfers don't even know they can change screen res) :)

My wife runs her at 800x600 but that is mainly because of a vision issue, she likes big text and all.

I design for 800X600 because I know that will work for most folks out there whether they are running a higher res than that or not.

I usually design inside a table at either 650 or max of 700 wide. However, there are times I will just use percentages, depends on what I am making :)

[Becki]

Wow someone is at 1280x1024 they must have excellent eyes or the largest monitor ever :blink:

[Cleo]

While my screen is 1014x768 I never surf with my browser full screen and keep it about 580 pixels wide.

I stopped using one sponsor after they made their admin so wide that even at 1024 I still had to scroll a bit.

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Becki@Apr 23 2005, 03:36 PM
Wow someone is at 1280x1024 they must have excellent eyes or the largest monitor ever :blink:
Thats the way I run my laptop. Although, in the poll I am 1024X768.

My laptop has a wide screen so I go for as high as resoilution as it will handle.

[Vick]

I'm 1024 x 768 on a 19" flat screen

For even more info check your server stats and most will give you the screen resolutions your surfers use by % and or amount

[Becki]

Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 23 2005, 12:36 PM
Hey Becki :)

I run my screen resolution pretty much as high as the monitor will allow (and still be readable).

But, programmers, webmasters etc usually run a higher resolution than the every day surfer (because as you will find out as friends ask you for tech support, many surfers don't even know they can change screen res) :)

My wife runs her at 800x600 but that is mainly because of a vision issue, she likes big text and all.

I design for 800X600 because I know that will work for most folks out there whether they are running a higher res than that or not.

I usually design inside a table at either 650 or max of 700 wide. However, there are times I will just use percentages, depends on what I am making :)
Thanks Sarettah :)

I figured that 800x600 was a good size to build for.

I'm with your wife, I like the text on my screen so big I can see it from outside :lol:

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Becki@Apr 23 2005, 03:40 PM
I'm with your wife, I like the text on my screen so big I can see it from outside :lol:
I thought you were younger than my wife. She's 52. Welcome to the old folks club sweetie :okthumb:










:groucho:

[Becki]

Originally posted by Cleo@Apr 23 2005, 12:38 PM
While my screen is 1014x768 I never surf with my browser full screen and keep it about 580 pixels wide.

I stopped using one sponsor after they made their admin so wide that even at 1024 I still had to scroll a bit.
Having to scroll sideways at an res really gets my back up as well!

[Becki]

Originally posted by Vick@Apr 23 2005, 12:39 PM
I'm 1024 x 768 on a 19" flat screen

For even more info check your server stats and most will give you the screen resolutions your surfers use by % and or amount
I've only just got my first real domain this week, don't shout I've had enough of that from someone else :(

I'm not looking forward to having even more stats to look at though :yowsa:

[Becki]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 23 2005, 12:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 23 2005, 12:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Becki@Apr 23 2005, 03:40 PM
I'm with your wife, I like the text on my screen so big I can see it from outside :lol:
I thought you were younger than my wife. She's 52. Welcome to the old folks club sweetie :okthumb:










:groucho: [/b][/quote]
lol :lol:

I'm much younger, but bad eyes are bad eyes. I've been wearing glasses since I was 11 and contacts from 18 onward :)

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Becki@Apr 23 2005, 03:51 PM
I'm much younger, but bad eyes are bad eyes. I've been wearing glasses since I was 11 and contacts from 18 onward :)
Well, back in high school, in sex education class, they told us that if we went "all the way" before we got married, we would go blind...

So, just like you, I only did it enough to have to wear glasses :yowsa:

(shit! at 11 ? You really were a little slut, weren't you ? :nyanya: )

[Vick]

You know just the other day I figured out I needed glasses ....


..... I had two hands full of rum

[Newton]

1280x1024 on all machines

[Trev]

Originally posted by Newton@Apr 23 2005, 10:18 PM
1280x1024 on all machines
I'm at 1024 x 768

I just tried my resolution at yours and goddamn you must be a hawk :blink:

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 23 2005, 10:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 23 2005, 10:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Becki@Apr 23 2005, 03:51 PM
I'm much younger, but bad eyes are bad eyes. I've been wearing glasses since I was 11 and contacts from 18 onward :)
Well, back in high school, in sex education class, they told us that if we went "all the way" before we got married, we would go blind...

So, just like you, I only did it enough to have to wear glasses :yowsa:

(shit! at 11 ? You really were a little slut, weren't you ? :nyanya: ) [/b][/quote]
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :lol: :lol: :lol:


You've got me crying here :wnw:

[Hell Puppy]

1280x1024 is native on most 19" flat screens, and that's what I'm used to looking at most often now.

My notebook is actually 1400x1050 with an ultrasharp screen.

I like the screen real estate, though my eyes are getting old, so I do use the "large fonts" setting so text is slightly oversized.

When designing, I still recommend designing for 800x600 though because even if a user has higher resolution, most people do not surf with their browser windows maximized.

[slavdogg]

1024 x 768 on an 18' monitor
my eyes are pretty bad, i dont think anyone else has worst vision than me
i cant imagine working on 800x600, than i would really go blind

[Becki]

Originally posted by sarettah+Apr 23 2005, 01:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sarettah @ Apr 23 2005, 01:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Becki@Apr 23 2005, 03:51 PM
I'm much younger, but bad eyes are bad eyes. I've been wearing glasses since I was 11 and contacts from 18 onward :)
Well, back in high school, in sex education class, they told us that if we went "all the way" before we got married, we would go blind...

So, just like you, I only did it enough to have to wear glasses :yowsa:

(shit! at 11 ? You really were a little slut, weren't you ? :nyanya: ) [/b][/quote]
It's been said :lol:


More than once though :unsure: :(

[Becki]

Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Apr 24 2005, 02:20 AM
1280x1024 is native on most 19" flat screens, and that's what I'm used to looking at most often now.

My notebook is actually 1400x1050 with an ultrasharp screen.

I like the screen real estate, though my eyes are getting old, so I do use the "large fonts" setting so text is slightly oversized.

When designing, I still recommend designing for 800x600 though because even if a user has higher resolution, most people do not surf with their browser windows maximized.
1400x1050 :zoinks:


That would just burn my eyes out in two seconds flat :o

[MaDalton]

1024x768 - but i use two screens. i cannot work with just one monitor.

[Cleo]

My neighbor uses 2560x1600 on a 30" monitor.
http://www.apple.com/displays/specs.html

I do dream of one day getting a 30" monitor but it also means that I would have to trade in my two year old 17" Powerbook for the new 17" Powerbook in order to be able to drive a 30" monitor.

[Nickatilynx]

errr mine is 1440x900 on my new laptop.

[Cleo]

How many here surf with the browser window set full screen? I never do and keep mine about 850 pixels wide.

[Nickatilynx]

full browser here...

[Trev]

Full browser as well.

[sarettah]

Usually full browser unless I'm updating in which case I split the screen between my FTP and the browser.

[Newton]

Reduced browsers with real estate showing behind

[Cleo]

I run 15+ applications open all the time using two monitors and I often drag stuff between windows which you can't do if you have windows maximized.

[Trev]

Originally posted by Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 07:56 PM
I run 15+ applications open all the time using two monitors and I often drag stuff between windows which you can't do if you have windows maximized.
Damn! That's what I call serious multi tasking :wnw:

[Steady]

1280 x 1024

[Becki]

I feel so inefficient and out of date now :(

[Cleo]

If you hit F9 on a Mac it makes all your open windows small enough that they will all fit on the screen, in my case two screens, and then you click on the window that you want to work in.

F9 screen shot
http://cleoslinks.com/crap/desktop.jpg

[Trev]

Originally posted by Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 11:23 PM
If you hit F9 on a Mac it makes all your open windows small enough that they will all fit on the screen, in my case two screens, and then you click on the window that you want to work in.

F9 screen shot
http://cleoslinks.com/crap/desktop.jpg
Nice :)


Whats a Mac :P

[Becki]

Originally posted by Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 02:23 PM
If you hit F9 on a Mac it makes all your open windows small enough that they will all fit on the screen, in my case two screens, and then you click on the window that you want to work in.

F9 screen shot
http://cleoslinks.com/crap/desktop.jpg
Thats very handy, I might have to migrate over unless Windows has something similar?

[Trev]

Originally posted by Becki+Apr 24 2005, 11:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Becki @ Apr 24 2005, 11:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 02:23 PM
If you hit F9 on a Mac it makes all your open windows small enough that they will all fit on the screen, in my case two screens, and then you click on the window that you want to work in.

F9 screen shot
http://cleoslinks.com/crap/desktop.jpg
Thats very handy, I might have to migrate over unless Windows has something similar? [/b][/quote]
I see the dark side beckons my little padawan <_<

[sarettah]

Macs are nice but from what I hhave seen, you pay more money to get the same amount of power as you could from a PC.

I have absolutely nothing against Macs other than the price point and the proprietary shit (hardware point of view) doesn't turn me on much .

:blink:

[Cleo]

Originally posted by Becki+Apr 24 2005, 05:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Becki @ Apr 24 2005, 05:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 02:23 PM
If you hit F9 on a Mac it makes all your open windows small enough that they will all fit on the screen, in my case two screens, and then you click on the window that you want to work in.

F9 screen shot
http://cleoslinks.com/crap/desktop.jpg
Thats very handy, I might have to migrate over unless Windows has something similar? [/b][/quote]
It's called Expose and no Windows does not have anything like it.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/

You can also hide applications along with all their windows so you can hide all but the application that you are working in. You can then use the Dock to switch between applications or hit Command Tab.

[Trev]

Originally posted by sarettah@Apr 24 2005, 11:43 PM
Macs are nice but from what I hhave seen, you pay more money to get the same amount of power as you could from a PC.

I have absolutely nothing against Macs other than the price point and the proprietary shit (hardware point of view) doesn't turn me on much .

:blink:
Do they make a Mac that you can buy upgrades for over the counter at your local pc shop?

I think not <_<

[Cleo]

I just upgraded the HD in my laptop using a PC drive. Macs use the same memory and other parts as PCs too. The mother board is from Apple and the processors are from Motorola and IBM depending on if it is a G4 or G5 chip.

I use a laptop only these days. Really you can't do a whole lot of upgrading to a laptop no matter who it is from and Apple does make nice laptops.

This is the newer version of mine, still looks the same.
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 05:57 PM
I just upgraded the HD in my laptop using a PC drive. Macs use the same memory and other parts as PCs too. The mother board is from Apple and the processors are from Motorola and IBM depending on if it is a G4 or G5 chip.

I use a laptop only these days. Really you can't do a whole lot of upgrading to a laptop no matter who it is from and Apple does make nice laptops.

This is the newer version of mine, still looks the same.
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/index17.html
Sounds like they have been getting less proprietary then. That's always good when you can pick and choose from a variety of manufacturers and price points when you want to add on. :)

[Newton]

Trev convert one of your machines over to Linux, Mandrake is the easiest and best to install, plus you can have as many virtual desktops as you want ;) I currently have 8 on this laptop lol

[Trev]

Originally posted by Newton@Apr 25 2005, 12:18 AM
Trev convert one of your machines over to Linux, Mandrake is the easiest and best to install, plus you can have as many virtual desktops as you want ;) I currently have 8 on this laptop lol
No way!! I like being on the surfer pc!

I prefer Redhat anyway :)

[Cleo]

Geeks


:P

[Newton]

Originally posted by Cleo@Apr 24 2005, 03:30 PM
Geeks


:P
LOL this is geeks and i must say very sweet indeed http://www.go-l.com/home/index.htm