Comments on: Who Uses 800×600? Anyone?

By: danielcole

danielcole — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:20:50 +0000

I would be ok with a javascript-type-thingie that scanned the user’s window size and if it saw 800×600 it would add a top banner disclaimer saying that they should upgrade their screen resolution. Nothing that prevented the rest of the page from loading, no popups or anything of the like, just a top banner saying “hey dumbshit – 800×600 sucks. This is how to make things look better.”

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:58:44 +0000

My thoughts exactly. Other sites I make have a more broad user-base, but I wasn’t sure about this site. I know a lot of web designers that are yearning to throw away the users working at 800×600 and give themselves more space to play with, but I have a hard time dismissing them, even on a site like this.

By: danielcole

danielcole — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:24:56 +0000

I install internet at people’s homes so I have the pleasure of seeing a lot of different computers in any given week. While most people are a 1024×768 or more, there are a *good* number of people still at 800×600 (and I swear to God – I’ve seen Win98/WinME @ 640×480 more than once). I figure people keep these resolutions for one of two reasons: Bad eyesight – I myself have stopped using some websites because they’ve made the text so damn small, and my eyes are mostly ok. And 2: They may not know how to increase the resolution. Yeah, HYB.com is a geek’s geek website so I imagine that most of us have an idea of what we’re doing. But if you’re designing a website to be used by the general public you have to remember that even if your user has internet and can find your site, there’s still no guarantee that they know how to use their own computer.
There. There’s my 13.5 cents

By: danielcole

danielcole — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 01:20:50 +0000

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:58:44 +0000

By: danielcole

danielcole — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:24:56 +0000