Retire the 800 Table Rule

[Mr. Blue]

Originally Posted by DaveE

I feel 1000 wide will increase my sales and by the sounds of it will not restrict acceptance of my new free sites to the majority of link sites. And I believe if we all start doing this then the last few link sites will change their rules to match the demand for more detail.

The problem is people tend to focus on what amounts to minutia. Let me give you an example...Awhile back someone complained viciously about TGP rules (I've also seen the same about LL rules) and since I happen to review for a few TGPs, I was familiar with their galleries. They ranted about minutia little rules instead of the fact that they just didn't know how to build an effective gallery. Their thumbs sucked, their design sucked, their sales pitch sucked, and they were using overused content. Basically it comes down to, don't blame the dressing when it's the salad.

Now, I'm not saying you're this type of person, and I'm sure you do great designs, but from personal experience it's always been simple clean designs that focus in on the content that makes me the most sales. 800px or 1000px...if you're not making sales at 800px the extra 200px ain't gonna help you any.

Also, it's the factor of working in the system and not working outside the system. Rules will change as the time changes, but instead of butting your head against a brick wall it's just better to perfect your designs for what's most widely accepted by all LL, etc.