What Size is this Thingy Supposed to be?

vilehelm · 02-13-2002, 11:08 PM

What is the minimum monitor size we're shooting for?

zoomfreddy · 02-14-2002, 07:35 AM

Hi vilehelm!!!
800x600, to leave some space for the other pages or stuff... not?

mad_A · 02-14-2002, 10:31 AM

Top three browsers people use to surf the web:

Microsoft IE 78.3%
Netscape 16.3%
AOL 5.4%

Top operating systems being used in computers surfing the web

Windows 98 61.8%
Windows 95 16.8%
Windows NT 11.9%
Windows 2000/NT 5 4.7%
Macintosh 3.5%

Number of colors computers surfing the web display

65,536 (16 bit) 49.7%
16 million (32 bit) 22.6%
16 million (24 bit) 10.8%
256 (8 bit) 7.3%
16 (4 bit) 0.2%

Top four screen resolution settings web surfers are using

800 x 600 51.7%
1024 x 768 26.3%
Not specified 9.3%
640 x 480 7.5%

Top five search engines used on the web

Yahoo! 39.1%
MSN 11.4%
Google 10.1%
AOL.com Search 10.0%
AltaVista 5.9%

Jesse · 02-14-2002, 12:40 PM

I reckon it should run on 800 x 600 but it shouldn't take up the whole screen at that res. I like drop down menus and compactness in Flash.

20 Ton Squirrel · 02-14-2002, 06:05 PM

I prefer a large resolution like 1024x768 but most of the sites that I build are done in 800x600. Especially when dealing with Flash. Since it's scalable and all, build it for a medium size and let it scale up to fit the window... of course, that might skew things a bit.

mad_A · 02-14-2002, 06:48 PM

I think it depends on how inmportant the site is to you. If it is a personal site - so you want it always to look it's best, (or if the client is paying well!) it is easy enough to have a number of versions of the site. Detect the users resolution etc. with javascript and load the correct version.

It soulds like a lot of work, but if you keep all the textual info outside and load from xml of a dB you only need to do one update to change the content.

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mad_A · 02-14-2002, 06:54 PM

20 T S -
The link in your footer to the group project does not link anywhere specific - where should it go?

20 Ton Squirrel · 02-14-2002, 07:10 PM

The link in my footer is just to draw attention to the new forum, which you are already participating in... so did it work? *grin*

mad_A · 02-14-2002, 07:27 PM

I guess so!

vilehelm · 02-15-2002, 02:38 PM

8x6 it is...however i'ts' going to have to take up almost all of that in order to be real user friendly...

One point we were discussing in the MUD (people should stop by more we've been having great fun) is that while the stats say 8x6 is the majority of monitors most likely it is not the majority for users of this site. Maybe my poll should have been what is your monitor set to?

I'll do that on the general chat...Jesse do you have any kind of user log files for this? probably not i think they usually only track browser and platform.

02-13-2002, 11:08 PM	#1
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02-14-2002, 10:31 AM	#3
mad_A The Zen of ActionScript Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 713	Numbers numbers numbers... Top three browsers people use to surf the web: Microsoft IE 78.3% Netscape 16.3% AOL 5.4% Top operating systems being used in computers surfing the web Windows 98 61.8% Windows 95 16.8% Windows NT 11.9% Windows 2000/NT 5 4.7% Macintosh 3.5% Number of colors computers surfing the web display 65,536 (16 bit) 49.7% 16 million (32 bit) 22.6% 16 million (24 bit) 10.8% 256 (8 bit) 7.3% 16 (4 bit) 0.2% Top four screen resolution settings web surfers are using 800 x 600 51.7% 1024 x 768 26.3% Not specified 9.3% 640 x 480 7.5% Top five search engines used on the web Yahoo! 39.1% MSN 11.4% Google 10.1% AOL.com Search 10.0% AltaVista 5.9%

02-14-2002, 12:40 PM	#4
Jesse Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Australia Posts: 8,612	I reckon it should run on 800 x 600 but it shouldn't take up the whole screen at that res. I like drop down menus and compactness in Flash. __________________ Cheers Jesse Stratford ActionScript.org Cofounder Email: presented in this way to stop spam-bots: My email is composed of my first name (jesse) followed by my last name (stratford) followed by @ followed by actionscript.org Please don't email or PM me Flash questions, that's what the Forums are for! Please don't rely on me reading my PMs either. Email me about important stuff.

02-15-2002, 02:38 PM	#10
vilehelm recovering nicely Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Deep South, USA Posts: 1,028	8x6 it is...however i'ts' going to have to take up almost all of that in order to be real user friendly... One point we were discussing in the MUD (people should stop by more we've been having great fun) is that while the stats say 8x6 is the majority of monitors most likely it is not the majority for users of this site. Maybe my poll should have been what is your monitor set to? I'll do that on the general chat...Jesse do you have any kind of user log files for this? probably not i think they usually only track browser and platform. __________________ You can now find me at www.booneoakley.com. Huzzah!

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02-14-2002, 07:35 AM	#2
zoomfreddy anything...are you sure? Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mexico City Posts: 560	Hi vilehelm!!! 800x600, to leave some space for the other pages or stuff... not?


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02-14-2002, 06:05 PM	#5
20 Ton Squirrel Risu Oyabun! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,460	I prefer a large resolution like 1024x768 but most of the sites that I build are done in 800x600. Especially when dealing with Flash. Since it's scalable and all, build it for a medium size and let it scale up to fit the window... of course, that might skew things a bit.

02-14-2002, 06:48 PM	#6
mad_A The Zen of ActionScript Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 713	I think it depends on how inmportant the site is to you. If it is a personal site - so you want it always to look it's best, (or if the client is paying well!) it is easy enough to have a number of versions of the site. Detect the users resolution etc. with javascript and load the correct version. It soulds like a lot of work, but if you keep all the textual info outside and load from xml of a dB you only need to do one update to change the content. A

02-14-2002, 06:54 PM	#7
mad_A The Zen of ActionScript Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 713	20 T S - The link in your footer to the group project does not link anywhere specific - where should it go?

02-14-2002, 07:10 PM	#8
20 Ton Squirrel Risu Oyabun! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,460	The link in my footer is just to draw attention to the new forum, which you are already participating in... so did it work? grin

02-14-2002, 07:27 PM	#9
mad_A The Zen of ActionScript Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 713	I guess so!

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