Width of a Blog - is 800x600 not so important?

Simon · 2006-03-23, 08:28 AM

Blogging beginner here. I'm just starting work on a new blog and my intention was to stay with the standard "less than 800 wide" that I see suggested so often for building free sites, galleries, etc.

But I noticed that many blogs don't seem to care about that for some reason. Some examples are Boogie's Blog, Walrus' Blog, Depraved World, Pornogomy, Byte of Porn Tart, and others.

I've looked around this forum to see if it's screen size/resolution has been discussed here as it might specifically relate to blog widths, but I didn't find anything.

So... can anyone shed some light on this? I'm currently developing something within the 800 wide standard, but if there are good reasons to go a little wider, I'd love to hear about it.

Simon

2006-03-23, 08:28 AM	#1
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	Width of a Blog - is 800x600 not so important? Blogging beginner here. I'm just starting work on a new blog and my intention was to stay with the standard "less than 800 wide" that I see suggested so often for building free sites, galleries, etc. But I noticed that many blogs don't seem to care about that for some reason. Some examples are Boogie's Blog, Walrus' Blog, Depraved World, Pornogomy, Byte of Porn Tart, and others. I've looked around this forum to see if it's screen size/resolution has been discussed here as it might specifically relate to blog widths, but I didn't find anything. So... can anyone shed some light on this? I'm currently developing something within the 800 wide standard, but if there are good reasons to go a little wider, I'd love to hear about it. Simon __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka