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Author Topic: What is your computer's monitor resolution? Rick Hunter Master Film Handler Posts: 452 From: Melbourne, Australia Registered: Feb 2003 posted 10-28-2005 07:10 PM                     desktop 1024 x 768 laptop 1 1024 x 768 laptop 2 1024 x 768  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-28-2005 08:17 PM                     When at home, it's 1280 x 1024 on an older 17" Apple Studio Display. Since I use Firefox with the Bookmarks Sidebar and tabs always open, the available space is closer to about 1000 x 900. Alas, it does not compare with the monitor I have at work which triggers monitor lust in most people (in other words, an Apple Cinema HD 30-incher with its expansive 2560 x 1600 visual real estate , connected to a top-end PowerMac G5 connected to a Gigabit Ethernet line ). Designing a site for that kind of configuration would be neat, but highly unrealistic.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 10-28-2005 08:20 PM                        1280 x 1024 for my Windows PC that used to run the projectors at Mann's Chinese 16.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 10-28-2005 10:01 PM                        1024x768 at home and at school.  |  IP: Logged Richard Cockrum Film Handler Posts: 14 From: Monaca, PA / USA Registered: May 2004 posted 10-28-2005 10:18 PM                        1280*800 on my laptop  |  IP: Logged Joshua Lott Expert Film Handler Posts: 246 From: Fairbanks, AK, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 10-28-2005 11:03 PM                        1280 x 1024 work laptop 1024 x 768 home office [ 10-29-2005, 04:40 AM: Message edited by: Joshua Lott ]  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 10-29-2005 03:00 AM                        quote: Brad Miller Well that's not my problem, and those people can easily remedy it by maximising their browser, so that's a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. It seems to me the point of asking in the first place is to get a feel for how the site is being viewed under usual conditions. We can just go ahead and increase our display resolution as a remedy, while we're at it, right? Now, I personally never maximize anything (since what's the point of desktop shortcuts if just getting to them is hardly a shortcut) and my browser windows themselves usually stay around 800x600, but even then, I think an increase in allowed picture sizes wouldn't bother me at all. So I'm for it! Side scrolling isn't too big of an evil. But to answer the question, 1152x864  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 10-29-2005 03:14 AM                     1280x1024 on the desktop 1024x768 on the laptop AJG  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-29-2005 03:17 AM                        1280 x 1024 at home on a 19" TFT and at work on a 17" CRT 1280 x 800 on the laptop (15") Firefox on everything and for everything except using work's Outlook web interface from home or elsewhere, which provides extra functionality with IE, and Windows Update. Those are the only things I use IE for, apart from the very occasional site which has scripts and things that won't work properly in Firefox. The only person I know who still uses 800 x 600 is my mother, who has always had problems using a computer because of her very poor eyesight. When I upgraded my monitor to a TFT in the spring, I gave her the 19" Trinitron it replaced. She struggled a bit with 1024 x 768, but on 800 x 600 reports that it's the clearest text she's ever seen on a PC (as you'd expect). As she doesn't use much in the way of fancy multimedia stuff (word processing and email, mainly), I can't see her having any problems with sites that expect a higher resolution.  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 10-29-2005 04:03 AM                        1280x1024 at home. I can go up to 2048, but I rarely mess with that high a res.  |  IP: Logged Lindsay Morris Expert Film Handler Posts: 233 From: Darlington, WA, Australia Registered: Sep 2002 posted 10-29-2005 05:23 AM                     800 X 600 on both machines. The older one running Win 98 with a 14" monitor and the slightly newer one running XP and a 16" monitor. Have tinkered taking the resolution up to 1024 but it only makes the print so small its bloody hard to read. But whatever, I can resize to suit and scroll up and down as needed. Both machines are workhorses and see no real need to go to a bigger screen anywhere. After looking at some LCD bigger units that I thought might be easier to view will stick with the old CRT type thank you. The LCD looked very grainy/spotty to me... maybe my ageing eyes!!  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 10-29-2005 06:11 AM                     Desktop PC 1024x768 Notebook 1280x800  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 10-29-2005 06:23 AM                     1280x1024  |  IP: Logged Paul Trimboli Master Film Handler Posts: 274 From: Perth Western Australia Registered: Dec 2002 posted 10-29-2005 09:31 AM                     1152 by 864 on a CRT. I am with you Lindsay, CRT is the only way to go! I have looked at different displays and still prefer the CRT, although I do like the Apple displays very much since they don't have a typical LCD look.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-29-2005 11:27 AM                    1680 x 1050 on one laptop, 1440 x 900 on the other. 1600 x 1200 on my desktop. There is also free software that you can get that will capture and catalog this information into a database and then display it as HTML reports. It reads all your site visitor's browser settings, display settings, etc. We've used it on our web site to see exactly what you're looking for. I forget the name of it, but I can find that out if you're interested.  |  IP: Logged

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