800x600.... why?

[RawAlex]

I have thought about it (and published the same numbers in another discussion elsewhere), and I have come to the following conclusion:

(I'll use Tom's numbers' they are handy):

1024x768 29983749 (54%)
800x600 15480923 (28%)

If 54% fo the people have 1024, and 28% have 800... well, 82% can handle both! If you add in the other pieces:

1280x1024 5775711 (10%)
1152x864 1788147 (3%)
Unknown 1278074 (2%)

You can see that 97% of the people can see a site in 800 X 600. Only 3% can't.

Move to 1024 X 768, and suddenly 31% of the surfers can't see the site correctly.

Move to 1280 X 1024, and 80% of the world can't see your site correctly.

At the end of the day, until the 800 X 600 drops down to maybe 20%, I don't think it will be time YET.

Christmas 2005, probably. Maybe as soon as September.

Alex

[stuveltje]

i have tried a couple of times to set my screen on 1024........i cant get used to it its all so smalllllllllllll, so i keep it at the 800.

[amadman]

Originally Posted by stuveltje

i have tried a couple of times to set my screen on 1024........i cant get used to it its all so smalllllllllllll, so i keep it at the 800.

My gf was this way to.
She would always say "you made it small again!".
So I made a few adjustments to make everything bigger and she got used to it.
Now she freaks out at 800x600

[stuveltje]

Originally Posted by amadman

My gf was this way to.
She would always say "you made it small again!".
So I made a few adjustments to make everything bigger and she got used to it.
Now she freaks out at 800x600

well when i have shit with my puter i take my hubbies puter a 19 inch flat sceen and sett on 1024 ,i have almost my nose on the screen to read all (and did i mention i wear a special computer glasses, i work already for 16 years on the puter which ruin my eyes)like raw alex said , i also try to make the fonts bigger which indeed ruin any layout, so thats why i stick with 800, that looks realy good to me, i have ask some friends ofmine how they surf, they surf on a 15 inch monitor..old fashion, but if you have your puter only for porn you dont invest for more inch screen ............i guess only the people who use puter to earn money invest in bigger monitors

[Rayzor]

Yeah, i guess i had just taken it for granted that everyone has the latest greatest monitor technology and is a connesseur (spelling?) of computers etc, but i guess i was wrong.

Thanks everyone. 800x600 it is then.... Well most of the time when the sodding table work right