> What sizes are you designing for?

For the sites I work on, the majority of the audience has 1024x768 *or
better*, but a significant amount (10-25% depending on the site) still
have 800x600. So we design "for" 1024x768, but designs have to remain
usable/functional at 800x600 without horizontal scrolling. What that
means is that if a client wants some content "above the fold", we will
measure at 1024x768 (of course, if we can get it to sit above the fold
at 800x600 anyway, then so much the better). Users choosing lower
resolutions will have to accept their choice means a little scrolling
sometimes.

640x480 is not intentionally catered for in the design; any user still
browsing at that res would probably have to switch off CSS and go with
the raw, linear page. They'd still get the info though. I haven't seen
that resolution at more than 0-1% in any stats for a long time.

Much the same for small screen devices, although in many cases small
screen devices are also relatively low bandwidth devices so they
aren't loading css and images anyway. Until small screen devices start
obeying the handheld media type, we aren't going to start building
custom stylesheets for them (really not a big part of our userbase
yet) although we are watching developments in that area.

cheers,
h

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