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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: The Avenger on December 31, 2001, 11:49:00 am

Title: Screen Res:
Post by: The Avenger on December 31, 2001, 11:49:00 am
as you know i am re-making themodplace website, soon for release i might add, but what i want to know is what the average res is out there, so could u please post your screen resolutions so i could work out an average size, thanks  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: mikhael on December 31, 2001, 12:15:00 pm
800x600 is always a good one to use for most people. Gamers can usually be counted on for 1024x768 or higher.

I personally run 1280x1024 on each monitor on my gaming rig, and 1152x864 on each monitor of my other machine. My machine at work runs 1152x864 on the central monitor, and 1024x768 on the left and right monitors.



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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Carl on December 31, 2001, 12:18:00 pm
90% of ppl use 1024x768.
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: phreak on December 31, 2001, 12:22:00 pm
i'm using 1152x864
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: CP5670 on December 31, 2001, 12:23:00 pm
I have it set to 1152x864 but as Carl said, the common one these days is 1024x768. (most computers I have seen are set to that by default)
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Ryx on December 31, 2001, 12:23:00 pm
1152x864x32 (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: wEvil on December 31, 2001, 12:25:00 pm
For work i use 1280x1024 and for other applications I use 1024x768.

my one observation of 800x600 is it gives you absolutely no space to put anything in.

Having said that...a really good design is one that looks good and has space at all resolutions..

take a look a www.projectseven.com ("http://www.projectseven.com")  (i think)


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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Starwing on December 31, 2001, 12:36:00 pm
1024*768. My crappy 17" doesn't support higher resolutions.
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: The Avenger on December 31, 2001, 01:11:00 pm
the minimum size of that is somewhere between 8*6 i am going for 1024*768 anyone with a smaller res should not even think there machine to be a computer rather a heep of ****e  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) j/k

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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Anduril on December 31, 2001, 01:49:00 pm
I would go with 8x6 myself- I run my screen at 1280 but I don't like pages that I have to fill the entire screen with to see.  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Title: Screen Res:
Post by: The Avenger on December 31, 2001, 01:58:00 pm
with 8*6 u have little space to view anything, this site is designed to hold a chunky amount of info, not 3 lines per page and thats it

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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: mikhael on December 31, 2001, 02:12:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by The Avenger:
with 8*6 u have little space to view anything, this site is designed to hold a chunky amount of info, not 3 lines per page and thats it


If you design for 800x600, you'll be able to get a pretty reasonable chunk of data onto the screen. A good navigation system will be essential of course.

You know, you could alwasy dodge the whole issue and do a large and small version using cascading stylesheets. Let the user select their resolution, store it in a cookie, and then reference that cookie to determine which stylesheet loads.


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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Alikchi on December 31, 2001, 10:13:00 pm
1280x1024 here, but I'd reccomend designing for 1024x768.
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: phreak on December 31, 2001, 10:20:00 pm
i would have it on 1280x1024 but it hurts my eyes
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Stryke 9 on December 31, 2001, 10:25:00 pm
I can hit the 1500s on my good comp, but it makes my brains ache and I can't read text... so stick with 1200.
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: CP5670 on December 31, 2001, 10:30:00 pm
hehe, I once tried 1920x1440 (monitor's maximum) but the text was tiny; my eyes were hurting after five minutes of looking at it... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Stryke 9 on December 31, 2001, 10:33:00 pm
Really? Mine just gets blurry. And the screen balloons, but I can fix that.
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Alikchi on December 31, 2001, 11:34:00 pm
1280x1024

my new year's resolution

just like last year.
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: WarpStar on January 01, 2002, 12:36:00 am
 
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Originally posted by Carl:
90% of ppl use 1024x768.

Eh, that hurts my eyes.  I prefer 800x600.


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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Fineus on January 01, 2002, 07:14:00 am
No way, 1280x1024 is the only way to go...
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Kazan on January 01, 2002, 11:23:00 am
1600x1200
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: CP5670 on January 01, 2002, 12:50:00 pm
Depends on the size of the monitor really; I was used to 1024x768 on my old 19" monitor, and 1152x768 on a 21" monitor produces roughly the same text size. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Anyway, my vision sucks. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (not sure about the eye numbers but the glasses are rated at 7.5/8.25 :P )
Title: Screen Res:
Post by: The Avenger on January 01, 2002, 01:51:00 pm
kazan said it with 16*12 thats the best, ample space for coding

*god damn it i find myself agreeing with kazan! hows that for a novelty! j/k*

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Title: Screen Res:
Post by: Nico on January 01, 2002, 07:11:00 pm
 
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Originally posted by The Avenger:
kazan said it with 16*12 thats the best, ample space for coding

*god damn it i find myself agreeing with kazan! hows that for a novelty! j/k*


yeah right, try 16*12 on a 17"  (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)