Posted by David Segall on 01/15/07 17:19

"aa" <a@aa.com> wrote:

>what is the most common screen resolution these days?
The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many to
choose from
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vector_Video_Standards.png>. I
would guess that XGA (1024x768) is currently the most common. I think
that aspect ratio is as important as resolution and I don't think you
should design for this 4:3 aspect ratio. The boom in "wide screen" LCD
televisions has resulted in a price drop for the 16:9 and 16:10 aspect
ratio LCDs which will be reflected in the coming sales of computer
monitors.
>For what resolution do you usualy design?
I try, and fail, to make them acceptable from 800x600 to my own
current 1680x1050 screen.
>What is the technique to designe an HTMP page which would automatically fit
>into the resolution set on a particalar Windows installation?
Print media provides a reasonable guide and they vary the number of
columns on a printed page to compensate for changes in the width of
the page. I don't know of any way to do that in HTML.

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