CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

I'm trying to think of layout dimensions for some sites I'm working on. Does anyone really even use 800X600 anymore? Would it be safe to design these layouts for 1024X768?

I usually make my layouts workable for 800x600 as a personal rule of thumb - I don't particularly feel constrained by the smaller dimensions, and I do know that if I was on an 800x600 resolution, I'd be stabbing someone who designed a layout that made me scroll horizontally. XD;

But in the end, 800x600 as common anymore, so it's all up to you.

[quote="Kokoro Daisuke"]... and I do know that if I was on an 800x600 resolution, I'd be stabbing someone who designed a layout that made me scroll horizontally. XD]
Horizonal scrolling is t3h evil. Anyone who makes a site with horizonal scrolling should be flogged whilst being forced to correct it

Depends on who your audience is. For the broadest possible audience, I'd say 800x600.

i still always design sites at 800x600

The mark of a good design is that it's not tied to a particular resolution anyway. (Though I suspect someone surfing at 320x200 must expect a little bit of inconvenience, it's not too much more effort to make one's layout attractive *and* resolution-independent.)

20X6 is better.

(Sorry I couldn't resist!)

go with 1280 x 1024

shoo's got his paws on the money here. The reason why you're considering whether to use 800x600 or 1024x768 is because you're considering to have a wider audience to view the site in without causing problems (horizontal scrolling and layout breaking etc). In that case, why not make the site so _everyone_ can view it at whatever resolution they want? Heck, go all the way and even make it text-browser friendly.

Even if you don't share shooby's design preference for non-scrolling sites (though I do) you should be considerate of the fact that not everyone browses the web with their browser maximized to full screen. The reason *some* people use 1024x768 is that they want 800ish lines of content and the rest for their navigation bar, or non-maximized browsing, or whatever.

my college has it's computers always set at 800x600 (but it's really annoying... they could really up the resolution to somthing decent...)