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I set mine to 1024 x 768 also.

I wouldn't mind setting it to other screen res's to test out, but my desktop is so packed with with icons for projects I'm working on, that everything would get tossed around like popping popcorn. hahahah

Anyways, of those screen resolutions I posted, I don't know which ones are wide screen or standard, nor do I know whats common for wide screen. Nor do I know anything about Safari users.

I could potentially put the foot work in by testing with what I can, contact all sorts of other people, and fix things as they come in... however, that could lead into a full weeks worth of work constantly fixing, waiting for replies, testing again, etc.

Just would be nice to have some sort of tool or even a step by step process nailed down here to get through the matter in a relatively short period of time.

My desktop -



Nic - You're busy? Doing what, sipping lattes and reading the Wall Street Journal?

Hey, perfect time to mention this!

http://www.browsershots.org

Free, but it does take time to get results. Worth checking out, and its actually pretty damn cool. Probably not the best bet for what your looking for, but could be used as a supplementary service.

Anyways, check it out, cant hurt

Yeah, but I bet its a cheaper route than the $4000 you were talking about earlier

Just gotta remember to "Extend" your time. Set a reminder or an alarm or something

Its a relatively new service, hopefully they grow to add longer request times and faster processing, but for a free service it ROCKS!

Lol.... i feel your pain stitch... oh boy do i ever feel your pain



I run two 19" widescreens at work and one at home, all are set 1440x900 and surprisingly i havent seen any websites appear odd on any of them...I actually find that most websites display better on a high res wide screen simply because the page dimensions dont get cramped by the browser.

As far as testing your site on different resolutions go, i would suggest you just go with the right click>properties>settings>screen resolution.... APPLY approach... its a hell of a lot cheaper than paying for it and its a damn side easier than coding it.. Who knows, it may inspire you to organize your icons a bit... hasnt inspired me but ye never know

Last edited by Ryan_steyn (2007-10-17 02:49:34)

Switch your resolution to 1280 x 1024, then you can change it back after you've checked everything out.

Well, I guess switching UP isn't so bad, everything seems to stay in place.

Switching down will be the problem, but it appears the FF toolbar already has a setting for that. There's only that one oddball setting in my list up top..... but I won't worry about that.

Anyways, the last problem I have is that the computer won't change to anything higher than 1280, so I'm not totally sure what to do for that, besides hanging out all day at that link Mark dropped.

Firstly - ambiguation

a screen size of 1024*768 is a size and not a resolution
a resolution would be 72dpi

I've never had problems with large size screens

I have seen problems with large screens that use a fluid width and floats

The main worry is the small screen browsers.

browser hieght tends not to break anything unless you align elements at the bottom of the page

Today i develop for of 1024*768 and figure that people with browsers smaller than that are 'used to scrolling'

I've not used google analtics but here's one thougt - browwers can send back two sets of dimensions

set A - the screen size
Set B - the browser window size

Are you sure you know which one is being logged?

a screen size of 1024*768 is a size and not a resolution
a resolution would be 72dpi

Resolution signifies the number dots per inch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution 

Adjusting DPI changes the dots per inch (dpi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch