Subject: Re: Pixel Width Limitations From: Bill Skeet Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:43:54 -0800
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Subject: Re: Pixel Width Limitations From: Bill Skeet Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 10:43:54 -0800

At 4:06 PM -0000 11/6/96, Adam Gaffin wrote:
>> Fortunately, most systems support 800x600, which reduces the problem a
>> bit.  You might want to carefully consider whether you really want a
>
>Hope this isn't too naive a question, but do most Intel-based
>computers that support 800x600 actually ship with 800x600 as the
>default?  Our new computer (yeeha! Netscape at home!) supports it,
>but I had to go into Control Panel first to re-set it from 640x480.
>If our machine isn't the exception, then I bet there are a ton of
>people out there who are happily surfing away at the older setting
>without realizing there's a higher-resolution setting.
>
>-- Adam

I agree Adam... I still design pages assuming the majority of users are
viewing at 640x480 resolution... That used to mean that a page could be 600
pixels wide... But Netscape has been chewing up the live space in some of
it's releases and I'm now aiming for the 580 pixel range... (I thought I'd
seen the last of trims and shrinking live space when I left print! )

Bill

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Knight-Ridder New Media Center
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San Jose, CA  95131
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