Screen size

[byron]

A few moments ago I was checking my company's education-jobs website and noted that out of the 245,193 visitors so far this month over 60% were using a screen size of 1024x768. Now I normally use 800x600 but just to see if I prefer the more popular size I have changed. What sizes does everyone here use?

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[Strathglass]

Re: Screen size 1024x768

Used 800 X 600 on 14" monitor up till 6 months ago, Now use 1024 X 768 on 17"

 

[KevL]

1600 x 1200 but I'm a CAD Jocky on a 21" monitor. I run the laptop at 1280 x 1024 which is a 15" TFT. I always had trouble with 800 x 600, it seems to be a standard "non standard" size if you know what I mean.

KevL

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[BrendanS]

800 x 600 was default, so tried changing it. My laptop really didn't like it....everything too big for the screen, so had to move around with cursor keys. Back to 800 x 600 for me.

 

[Forbsie]

1280 x 960 on 19"

Used to be 1280 x 1064 on 17" at work coz I hate scrolling.

Maybe that's why I'm going blind.

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[petem]

Great minds think alike, 800*600 for me.

 

[jfm]

1024x768 for at least the last 4 years. I use a lot of excel, and like to see more without scrolling around

 

[paul_lomax]

1024x768 on a 17" monitor

In a previous life fixing PC's it was always frustrating seeing people with 21" monitors from PCworld running them in 640x480. If I put it in 1024x768 they'd complain everything was too small - even if i put the fonts to large! With developing websites as well at the time I had a reason to want people to use larger resolutions

 

[paul_lomax]

Oh, and at home i'm in 1600x1200 on my 19" monitor, and 1024x768 on my laptop.

 

[DavidJ]

800x600 on a 17inch
Always has been always will be.
David

 

[MapisM]

It depends, but...

...I always use the higher resolution which my eyes can comfortably live with.
And that depends mainly on the size of the monitor of course, though its quality/sharpness can also influence that.
There are modern 15' laptops which are reasonably confortable at 1600x1200, whilst many 17' CRT are not at 1280x1024.

BTW, shouldn't this be a subject for the last forum in the main index?

 

[tome]

1280x1024 on 17in Sony TFT.

BTW wot's a 96 Suns****r 375 in immac condition worth?

 

[paul_lomax]

So its not size thats matters, its the resolution?

 

[tr7v8]

According to my Wife "its not de size of de ocean it's de motion of de ocean".

Jim
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[MBJB]

1600x1200 on my 19" monitor at home, and 1024x768 on 17" at work. I was using somebody elses monitor last week at 800 x 600 - it felt like looking through a letterbox....

 

[Chris771]

1024 x 600 on mini TFT Notebook (yes x 600) here in Malabo, it is only a 2/3rd height screen, but light and easy to carry around.

1280 x 960 on 17" TFT LCD screen when at home, that is the native resolution.

1152 x 968 (?) on my 19" CRT Monitor at home on my second computer, cant remember the second number, and can't check as it is 3,500 miles away at the moment.

Chris

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[tripleace]

1024x768 on two 17inch monitors

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[byron]

why you got 2 monitors, do you watch in stereo ?

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[boatone]

When using many programmes, particularly graphics software like Photoshop, the pallettes can take up quite a lot of the screen area and reduce the space available for seeing the actual image you are working on. With two monitors, it is possible to have the image on one monitor and the pallettes on the other - sort of gives you a double width screen!
The higher the resolution you set on your monitor, the smaller the text and pallettes etc will be so you get greater 'working' area but the other bits can get more difficult to read.
Visitors to my amateur photographers website are 60% viewing at 1024 x 768 with roughly 20% at higher resolutions and the balance at lower resolutions. Less than 2% are now using 640 x 480 or less. I currently tend to design webpages at 800 x 600, or 1024 x 768 if they are targetted at a graphics aware audience.

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[boatone]

Beware distortion.....

If you select 1280 x 1024 as you screen resolution this is not the same ratio as most of the other options.
640 x 480, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 960 and 1600 x 1200 aree all 4:3 ratio but 1280 x 1024 is 5:4. A circle in the other resolutions will actually get squashed and look like a rugby ball at 1280 x 1024..................

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