I run one system (the one I usually browse the web with) at 1024x768, and my other system at 1600x1200.

I gather you're looking at what res FITES users are using so you know what res to design for right?

This is a battle/argument I've dealt with in the past. A good place to see current browsing trends is http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

That page has general browser, OS, display stats, etc. but the site as a whole is a great resource for web programming (including basic PHP).

I'm using 1152x864. I wanted a res that was bigger than 1024x768 and smaller than 1280x1024. And from here, the site looks perfect.

EDIT: errr just so ya know, i accidentally clicked the wrong radio button. I meant to click 'other' but chose the one above it. :P

yes, 1024x768 looks good, I wouldn't design for anything higher than that though. Side-scrolling REALLY sucks, as the site now does at 800x600.

But you're right, your target audience will probably be running a higher res. I can't remember how at the moment, but I know you can capture screen res settings into a .csv file on the server that you can then analyze the data with Excel or something to tabulate totals/average/modes of the stats.

640x480x256 all the way...i love being able to read it across the room on a 15" screen

1600x1200 on dual 21 inch monitors

On the same PC, from left to right, are two 17" Viewsonic LCDs (VA720 and VE700), running 1280x1024@75, and a sad little 16" viewable CRT running 1152x864@75.

Radeon 9800 Pro 128 meg for the LCDs, a Voodoo3 3000 PCI for the CRT.

That's 3,616,768 pixels, enough to hold ~21.5576% of all possible 24 bit colors, and certainly enough to surf the web, write code, chat, and manage my music, all at roughly the same time. I need more mem. heheh

And my two old IBM laptops, each running 1024x768. One hinge and the battery in one are both pretty much gone, so I just have it sitting in a corner of my room, and I use remote desktop. The other laptop has the only DVD-ROM in my possession, so I remote into that one to get VLC going without having to remove the stack of papers and various kitchen wares sitting on it. Its battery is fairly new, got it at the beginning of this year, so I use it for portable applications as well.


hrm, first post... hello :P