This is one of theonly forums I have used where the UI is designed to best fit users that utilizes 800x600 resolution.  I have this weird pet peave about reading such narrow text (its narrow to me as my screen reolution is 1600 x 1200)

is it still common practice to target 800x600 or would it perhpas be better to target 1080x1024?  Or better yet have it adjust based on the users resolution.
Thanks
Bert

No!  - Most people have their resolution set to 800 x 600, - something like 70% if I recall correctly.  Even those of us with higher res screens.  I do it because SOOOOO many people use a font size that is just too small evn at 600 x 800.  If  the forum targeted higher res, we's have to keep scrolling side to side to read posts.

I absolutely despise horizontal scroll bars.  Designing a web site for higher than 800x600 usually results in horizontal scroll bars for a significant number of visitors.  When I come across a web site that is designed for larger than 800x600 and doesn't downsize gracefully to fit my browser I usually click off it very quickly and don't usually come back.  Honestly, the vast majority of folks do not run higher than 800x600.  Like me, they usually have older displays where, although capable of 1024x768 or even more, objects on screen get difficult to see and the extra screen real estate isn't worth the gyrations necessary to increase fonts etc. to compensate.  Especially since much of that extra screen real estate is lost by doing so.  Most folks can't afford a 20+ inch monitor.

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