Timeline for What would be the best layout width when traffic monitor sizes are mostly 1280 x 1024?
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| May 17, 2011 at 17:19 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Any width you or your clients choose is wrong for somebody -- cell phone, tablet, netbook, someone with poor vision who has to jack up the fonts, etc. So I encourage you both to think about how the site can be adaptable, at which point the client can look at it in all its 1280px-wide glory while the guy with a tablet isn't left facing a horizontal scroll bar. | |
| May 17, 2011 at 16:12 | comment | added | peteorpeter | I would add a few qualifications to this good general conclusion. 1) Responsive design is looming on the horizon, and means target a single resolution will be less relevant (and too simple) - you can optimize for a variety of screens. 2) This decision depends on the content and aim as well as the existing users screen data. An auxilliary sidebar (with CSS to avoid horizontal scrollbars) that is off screen on smaller screens could make sense in some contexts, for instance. | |
| May 17, 2011 at 6:23 | vote | accept | kawiz | ||
| May 16, 2011 at 21:50 | history | edited | Phil | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 16, 2011 at 21:45 | comment | added | Phil | I agree 100% with both points. I almost always have my browser around 1000px wide because virtually all websites are optimized for this size. This gives me more space on the screen for other stuff. I'd be really annoyed if a website was wider than this - and I actually couldn't name one site that is. | |
| May 16, 2011 at 20:18 | comment | added | Phil Cohen | This is especially true for Mac users, where there's less pressure to maximize everything. On a 1920x1080 resolution screen, Safari opens as a window that's only around 1000px wide, if I recall correctly. | |
| May 16, 2011 at 18:53 | comment | added | jonshariat | I'd say this is your answer kawiz. Its more about readability. Unless your site is a different use case. | |
| May 16, 2011 at 18:38 | history | answered | Jørn E. Angeltveit | CC BY-SA 3.0 |