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flyer
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:15 pm
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> I now design using 760 pixels for width.
How did you come up with that number? If you are designing for 800x600, how did you decide to subtract 40?
I would avoid using the height attribute on a table. For one thing, if the user has fonts set to Large or bigger, your table will be longer than you think and will look weird. Height is not part of the HTML standard.
Width should be specified, height omitted, for tables.
The answer to what size to design for depends on your target audience. Are they the type that get the latest and greatest stuff, like big monitors, or likely to be running a 5-year-old PC on Windows 98?
I don't see how the computers in the library would tell you anything, unless your site is tailored to people who work in the purchasing dept of libraries.  Library users didn't choose the monitor they are using, and aren't likely to change the screen settings. Plus if they have to go to the library to get online, they aren't likely customers, so who cares?
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Charlie
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:06 am
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| flyer wrote: | > I now design using 760 pixels for width.
How did you come up with that number? If you are designing for 800x600, how did you decide to subtract 40? |
I'll beat him to it, and have a guess...
To make allowance for the width of the RH vertical scrollbar.
That's why I do it, anyway. 
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:15 am
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Yes, Charlie that's it exactly. When you design for 800x600 your editor actually allows for the scrollbar so you are down to 760, sometimes a little lower.
And the reason you design with a height in mind is so you can see what's above the fold, doesn't mean you put a height in tables.
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:18 am
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I run my computer at 1024x768. but as mentioned run my browser reduced so I can see other window or other programs running.
Removed incorrect Mac comment
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Brad Waller
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| BobsStuff wrote: | | I run my computer at 1024x768. but as mentioned run my browser reduced so I can see other window or other programs running. I think the 700+ figure is for Mac users. I think they have some 700+ limit on viewing (don't quote me on that) |
Nope. I'm a Mac (at home) and PC (at work) user and I have the same 1180 wide screen size. Early Macs ran at 640x480, but once they went to separate screens, resolution was governed by the video card. Since the biggest Mac market was graphic artists, large screens were the norm.
Like you, I run my browser at a reduced size, just like all the other apps I have open. I still design for no more than 760. The only thing I've changed lately is that I now center the site (not centered text) so that there is not a lot of white space to the right side for those users with really wide browser windows.
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