How to create a display that works on all monitors

[katmagic]

Can someone point me to some guidelines on how to design a website that will
be visually appealing and useable to all size monitors and resolutions, or
is there a guideline as to what the majority of the users will have? I have
a site that uses lots of gridviews so it wouldn't be too difficult to define
the gridview according to what size/resolution the client is using. How
would I do that? Is this a practical goal?

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: How to create a display that works on all monitors

"katmagic" <katmagicblue@y ahoo.comwrote in message
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Can someone point me to some guidelines on how to design a website that
will be visually appealing and useable to all size monitors and
resolutions

Firstly, you really need to decide what precisely you mean by "all size
monitors and resolutions"... E.g. does that include hand-held devices,
etc...?

is there a guideline as to what the majority of the users will have?

1024*768 is the most popular resolution - if you design for that, you'll
please the vast majority of users:

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2008/October/res.php

--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

[bruce barker]

Re: How to create a display that works on all monitors

you still need to take into account the system font size.

you should check your layout with different browsers:

IE 7.0, IE 6.0, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome

on windows machines check with Small and Large fonts (set under display
preferences)

hint: to run IE 6 & 7 on the same machine, use virtual machines.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:

"katmagic" <katmagicblue@y ahoo.comwrote in message
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>

>Can someone point me to some guidelines on how to design a website
>that will be visually appealing and useable to all size monitors and
>resolutions

>
Firstly, you really need to decide what precisely you mean by "all size
monitors and resolutions"... E.g. does that include hand-held devices,
etc...?
>

>is there a guideline as to what the majority of the users will have?

>
1024*768 is the most popular resolution - if you design for that, you'll
please the vast majority of users:

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2008/October/res.php

>
>

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: How to create a display that works on all monitors

"bruce barker" <nospam@nospam. comwrote in message
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>>Can someone point me to some guidelines on how to design a website that
>>will be visually appealing and useable to all size monitors and
>>resolutions

>>
>Firstly, you really need to decide what precisely you mean by "all size
>monitors and resolutions"... E.g. does that include hand-held devices,
>etc...?
>>

>>Is there a guideline as to what the majority of the users will have?

>>
>1024*768 is the most popular resolution - if you design for that, you'll
>please the vast majority of users:
>http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2008/October/res.php

>
You still need to take into account the system font size.

I know.

You should check your layout with different browsers:
>
IE 7.0, IE 6.0, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome

I do. And also IE8, Opera, SeaMonkey and Flock...

On Windows machines check with small and large fonts (set under Display
Preferences)

Obviously.

Hint: to run IE 6 & 7 on the same machine, use virtual machines.

I do.


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

[Hillbilly]

Re: How to create a display that works on all monitors

Fellas, after years of this insanity I am seriously thinking of never using
HTML again and simply adopting the Silverlight "page" model. The big problem
though as I see it is that model sucks too because Silverlight like Flash
does not support resizable text so the page always results in unreadbale
teeny-text for significant number of people.

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPA Mrae.netwrote in message
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"bruce barker" <nospam@nospam. comwrote in message
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>

>>>Can someone point me to some guidelines on how to design a website that
>>>will be visually appealing and useable to all size monitors and
>>>resolution s
>>>
>>Firstly, you really need to decide what precisely you mean by "all size
>>monitors and resolutions"... E.g. does that include hand-held devices,
>>etc...?
>>>
>>>Is there a guideline as to what the majority of the users will have?
>>>
>>1024*768 is the most popular resolution - if you design for that, you'll
>>please the vast majority of users:
>>http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2008/October/res.php

>>
>You still need to take into account the system font size.

>
I know.
>

>You should check your layout with different browsers:
>>
> IE 7.0, IE 6.0, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome

>
I do. And also IE8, Opera, SeaMonkey and Flock...
>

>On Windows machines check with small and large fonts (set under Display
>Preferences)

>
Obviously.
>

>Hint: to run IE 6 & 7 on the same machine, use virtual machines.

>
I do.
>
>
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net