Comments on: Web Page Design Width?

By: Jonz

Jonz — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:59:31 +0000

I wish that Goog analytics would track browser window width as well as screen resolution, I for one almost never maximize my applications.

By: Stevan

Stevan — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:53:45 +0000

If anything, people with small monitors will eventually force themselves to get a bigger monitor as the price for them is so low now. We need to cater for the future and the rest will soon follow

By: Cheap Web Design in Leeds

Cheap Web Design in Leeds — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:22:19 +0000

When it comes to designing a website, i generally, set the website to centre in the browser and have the with at 1000, seems to do the job, then let the website have any height with a few nice borders.

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:54:26 +0000

I would say the majority of my sites are 960px. For those three column sites the 800×600 users will still see the first two. So we have to be careful what goes in the right hand column.

By: Jim Kattle

Jim Kattle — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:53:57 +0000

According to me more than 90% people are preferred wider browser!

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:40:47 +0000

Been doing this for a very long time and 960/980 is todays standard. Most users in my stats do not maximise their browser window if they’re using a larger screen. I do not agree with the fact that there is lost space as most designs use the background design/image within this area as part of the design and it breaks the page from the desktop image/contents.

By: Abhishek Dilliwal

Abhishek Dilliwal — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:34:46 +0000

Thanks, btw i too prefer the 960px these days!

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:06:41 +0000

I think the vast majority of users browse the web with their browser maximised, so wider probably is better.

By: pKeerma

pKeerma — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:21:44 +0000

I don’t know if this thread is dead, but the debate goes on. With the benefit of a full year passed since the first post, I think the argument now favours the “wider is better” camp. High resolution, wide screen monitors are now the rule, not the exception. 800 x 600 sites look dated, waste h-space and require lots of v-scrolling to fit content. I think designing small to accommodate multiple windows on the desktop is giving the user too little credit. If the site is of interest he/she will take the millisecond to expand the browser. 960px is a good compromise – large enough to accommodate content, small enough to fit in an 1024 window (minus chrome).

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:48:16 +0000

curious to know about where “the fold” should be estimated though. right now i’m designing for a small monitor – maybe a 13″ macbook, so i have 900px wide – but for my pretty splash/homepage i’m curious to know where to estimate the fold.

anyone know of stats on where mac users keep their dock & icon size? i always keep my dock on the left, but they come shipped w/ the dock at the bottom (and with huge icons)