YEEESH!!! And I thought I was slow with updating to new browsers, monitors, etc.. LOL !!!
I did just read the fine print and that was as of June 2001. I would assume it has got to be at least something the 800 X 600 users are at least used to by now (scrolling over due to design being optimized for 1028 X 768).
I took a look around and found this, for this month
http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2005/February/res.php
and this for January,
http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2005/January/res.php
Shows me twice as many people using 1024 X 768 - I think I will keep it optimized for them as that covers 2/3rds of the surfers (between 1024 X 768 and 1280 X 1024).
Very interesting that people even still have 800 X 600, I never would of thought 1/3rd of surfers used that resolution. Surfing the web has to be a bitch for them and I would venture a guess they are using dial-up as well