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Website view on different Screen Resolution ???

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Re: Website view on different Screen Resolution ???

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May 12th, 2006
In short you'll find that most of the professional websites design their content to be viewed in the lowest resolution - 800 x 600 pixels.

When people are using a slightly higher resolutions they just center it, to give the illusion of looking perfect.

http://www.adobe.com/
http://www.winamp.com/ looks okey dokey in watever resolution.

The other popular alternative is to have a banner which dynamically expands and contracts depending on the resolution of the user. It sounds more difficult than it actually is

http://www.symantec.com/index.htm

However, some sites such as Daniweb (he he) consider 1024 x768 resolution to be the de facto resolution and disregard all those viewing below that range! Which is a fair point, most people use monitors with this settings.

Choose, whichever options suit you best.


P.S I've had a look at some of your websites - in the javascript forums.. And I'm finding it hard to resist nominating them for the websites that suck prize. :cheesy:

Question:
Are you even using a web design program (frontpage/dreamweaver)?
I'm not a programmer. My attitude starts with ignorance, holds steady at conversation, and ends with a trip to the hospital. Get used to it.
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