Resolution that you use

Half the population still uses 800×600 last time I checked, and if you optimize websites for that resolution they look good for other screen sizes. I personally use that on my desktop and 1024 x 768 on my laptop.

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You can find here resolution and other statistics:
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

The statistics I had said more than a half of all user have 1024 x 768 resoultion.
I thought that’s the future and started optimizing my sites for that size when I bought my new 1024 notebook.
My old sites that I made with my 800 notebook looked ok with my new one
because I was simply always using 100% tables.

My new site will have width 750 tables.
Thought shall be ok for the minority, too.

We have different statistics.

I think some space on the sides cannot hurt.

Take a look at cnet’s download.com, which was recently revamped and you will see that they are gearing towards a 1024×768 environment. So – you are probably going down the right path.

kw

But I’d prefer to use my full screen if possible.

You know I bought a 1024 notebook and see sites for 800 resoulutions.

It’s similar with TV and the 16/9 format. The black stripes on the top and the bottom.

But I think most non webmasters don’t even recognize.

You know there are scripts that know which resolution visitors have automatically to implement in your website head tag, do you.
But you’d need to create one site per resolution anyway.

I use full screen on my main site and a second site with percentages so that it scales to all resolutions. The first site really only scales down to 1024×768, but the second will scale all the way to 800×600.

Third site is scaled purposely to 800 width. (760, really).

kw