Jean-Marc Rousset said:
Hi all,
We are in the process of developing a web site and are not sure about
what screen size & resolution to use. Any suggestions?
Is it safe to assume that *most* people have 15" screens in 800 x 600
? Or 1024 x 768 ?
Also, how do you handle the browser's toolbars at the top, knowing it
may take some screen space ?
Can you detect the user's resolution?
A vital question - do you have any pixel-oriented content? For example,
photographs, important graphics?
If you don't, then listen to the people who suggest that you design without
too much concern for the user's viewport size. Adapt to the latter.
If you do, you have my sympathy. Not only do you have a problem for which
current standards & tool support are inadequate. But you will also get little
help from people who don't have that problem, and choose to ignore it.
If you have to develop pixel-oriented material, such as photographs and
important graphics, I suggest you do so on the assumption that people who want
to see that content can handle an image of about 700 x 500. They can at least
scroll, and people with much larger screens will at least get a plausible
image.