Comments on: Is it time to ignore 800 by 600 Resolution yet? http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/ Stop here for the latest news around WordPress, Themes and Plugins Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Al3loo http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-2007 Al3loo Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:43:13 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-2007 Hi ! I came to this page while I was searching .. ^-^ I think the best designer who makes his design flexible to all people, and with all resolution and browsers. So your site will be the confluence for all people. Also, I think this resolution (800 * 600) is very small to see all the page clearly! Thats what I thougt ! nice site & Best Regards, Hi !

I came to this page while I was searching .. ^-^
I think the best designer who makes his design flexible to all people, and with all resolution and browsers.

So your site will be the confluence for all people.
Also, I think this resolution (800 * 600) is very small to see all the page clearly!

Thats what I thougt ! nice site &
Best Regards,

]]> By: Lozbo http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1963 Lozbo Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:29:09 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1963 With the popularization of the new netbooks ultraportables we must still stick to smaller width designs (like 800x600). I wouldn't drop it anytime soon. It's a pain in the neck to still be designing like this, but a lot of people still has smaller resolutions, or laptops, or mobile devices (not cellphones, but these UMPC which don't run a mobile but a full desktop OS). But as I always say, it's up to the target audience. Your people's stats will help determine this and most (if not all) other considerations. Maybe your users still have smaller screens, each project's target may vary. I would encourage developers not to quit designing for smaller screens. With the popularization of the new netbooks ultraportables we must still stick to smaller width designs (like 800×600). I wouldn’t drop it anytime soon. It’s a pain in the neck to still be designing like this, but a lot of people still has smaller resolutions, or laptops, or mobile devices (not cellphones, but these UMPC which don’t run a mobile but a full desktop OS).

But as I always say, it’s up to the target audience. Your people’s stats will help determine this and most (if not all) other considerations. Maybe your users still have smaller screens, each project’s target may vary.

I would encourage developers not to quit designing for smaller screens.

]]> By: Michelle http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1855 Michelle Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:55:38 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1855 I prefer the larger size too, but think that almost all pages should be designed where you can easily shrink them to 800 x 600. ... My laptop is set at 1680 x 1050. I usually shrink stuff down to take up about half of the screen width so that I'm not switching back and forth between windows. :-) Whenever I run across a site that forces me to keep the window more than 50% wide - I try to find the info somewhere else. I prefer the larger size too, but think that almost all pages should be designed where you can easily shrink them to 800 x 600. … My laptop is set at 1680 x 1050. I usually shrink stuff down to take up about half of the screen width so that I’m not switching back and forth between windows. :-) Whenever I run across a site that forces me to keep the window more than 50% wide - I try to find the info somewhere else.

]]> By: bob http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1678 bob Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:17:44 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1678 No way! I like your themes, specifically because they can be viewed well in 800x600 by a variety of users. If you are using your blog as part of a business website, would you really want to take a 3-4% hit in visitor conversion because of some designer's arrogant screen resolution decision? Heck no!!! Maybe it is ok for some types of sites (like photography, professional portfoliotos, etc) to scoff at 800x600, but not sites that are used by businesses. 800x600 is far from dead for business use!! :-) No way! I like your themes, specifically because they can be viewed well in 800×600 by a variety of users. If you are using your blog as part of a business website, would you really want to take a 3-4% hit in visitor conversion because of some designer’s arrogant screen resolution decision?

Heck no!!!

Maybe it is ok for some types of sites (like photography, professional portfoliotos, etc) to scoff at 800×600, but not sites that are used by businesses. 800×600 is far from dead for business use!! :-)

]]> By: koew http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1652 koew Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:03:59 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1652 Is it time to abandon 800x600? Absolutely not! Thanks to new mobile devices - like Apple iPhone/iPod Touch, Asus Eee and the likes - there've been an increasing need to design with fluid (liquid) dimensions in mind. For instance, iPhone's display resolution is 480x320 pixels. Asus' Eee PC's got 800×480 (models up to 702) and thereafter 1024x600. If there's something I've realised, is that fluid widths are more and more important thanks to mobile devices. Is it time to abandon 800×600? Absolutely not! Thanks to new mobile devices - like Apple iPhone/iPod Touch, Asus Eee and the likes - there’ve been an increasing need to design with fluid (liquid) dimensions in mind.

For instance, iPhone’s display resolution is 480×320 pixels. Asus’ Eee PC’s got 800×480 (models up to 702) and thereafter 1024×600. If there’s something I’ve realised, is that fluid widths are more and more important thanks to mobile devices.

]]> By: Christine http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1637 Christine Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:50:31 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1637 Add me to the long list - less than 2% of my site's visitors use 800x600 resolutions, and I intentionally made my business site more than 800 pixels wide. Matter of fact, since it is a photography site, I wanted it to be able to support photos that were themselves 800 pixels wide - so it does. I love having the large photos there. Add me to the long list - less than 2% of my site’s visitors use 800×600 resolutions, and I intentionally made my business site more than 800 pixels wide. Matter of fact, since it is a photography site, I wanted it to be able to support photos that were themselves 800 pixels wide - so it does. I love having the large photos there.

]]> By: Max Watson http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1408 Max Watson Sun, 25 May 2008 01:59:11 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1408 It's 2008 and you're still supporting 800x600? I decided several years ago that 800x600 was a thing of the past. Who in their right mind would still be using a 14" CRT monitor anyway? Well, excepting developing nations, nobody. I even think 1024x768 is a relic. Most notebooks and LCD monitors sold these days support a minimum of 1280x800. As for mobile browsers, supporting 800x600 would no better help them. On my windows mobile phone both the Opera and IE browsers frequently do a very fine job of resizing content. My 23" monitor always runs in 1920x1200--I wish more websites took proper advantage of that. It’s 2008 and you’re still supporting 800×600? I decided several years ago that 800×600 was a thing of the past. Who in their right mind would still be using a 14″ CRT monitor anyway? Well, excepting developing nations, nobody.

I even think 1024×768 is a relic. Most notebooks and LCD monitors sold these days support a minimum of 1280×800.

As for mobile browsers, supporting 800×600 would no better help them. On my windows mobile phone both the Opera and IE browsers frequently do a very fine job of resizing content.

My 23″ monitor always runs in 1920×1200–I wish more websites took proper advantage of that.

]]> By: Ryan http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1391 Ryan Tue, 20 May 2008 03:46:26 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1391 My screen resolution is 1280x800, however I still keep my browser around 800px wide most of the time. I find it very annoying when sites can not operate at this width. I prefer to make my themes flexible down to 800px where possible, although sometimes this is not doable without causing other problems. Plus I get lazy sometimes and prefer to stick to fixed widths. Support for smaller widths is becoming important though as mobile browsers become more common. My screen resolution is 1280×800, however I still keep my browser around 800px wide most of the time. I find it very annoying when sites can not operate at this width.

I prefer to make my themes flexible down to 800px where possible, although sometimes this is not doable without causing other problems. Plus I get lazy sometimes and prefer to stick to fixed widths.

Support for smaller widths is becoming important though as mobile browsers become more common.

]]> By: marko http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1350 marko Sun, 11 May 2008 05:57:10 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1350 Oh well I have to chime in here, sorry. And vote for good old 800 x 600. Personally I use a 12 year old CRT monitor - it will do 1024x728 (max) but does not like it. And I do some serious pro design work - posters and 3D on it too. This year I will be going split screen and get a 24inch widescreen monitor with HD resolution. On principle I don't like throwing anything which is working away. (Still use a Psion 3c - the only computer which has never crashed on me). Yes increasingly websites are in higher resolution which means scrolling across if you use 800x400. My default page is Yahoo and they do deliver automatically index.narrow for old fogeys. So a dual resolution offering from sites would be excellent. Many thanks for the excellent Spotlight wordpress theme which I am tweaking at the moment. Oh well I have to chime in here, sorry. And vote for good old 800 x 600. Personally I use a 12 year old CRT monitor - it will do 1024×728 (max) but does not like it. And I do some serious pro design work - posters and 3D on it too.
This year I will be going split screen and get a 24inch widescreen monitor with HD resolution.
On principle I don’t like throwing anything which is working away. (Still use a Psion 3c - the only computer which has never crashed on me).
Yes increasingly websites are in higher resolution which means scrolling across if you use 800×400. My default page is Yahoo and they do deliver automatically index.narrow for old fogeys. So a dual resolution offering from sites would be excellent.

Many thanks for the excellent Spotlight wordpress theme which I am tweaking at the moment.

]]> By: Rudi http://wprocks.com/design-thoughts/is-it-time-to-ignore-800-by-600-resolution-yet/#comment-1349 Rudi Sun, 11 May 2008 03:27:17 +0000 http://wprocks.com/?p=326#comment-1349 800 x 600 is outdated. 1024 x 768 is up to date. 800 x 600 is outdated. 1024 x 768 is up to date.

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