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| Subject: | RE: FLASH: Designing for Monitor Resolution |
| From: | Tom Wolfe |
| Date: | Fri, 11 Feb 2000 18:57:44 GMT |
Dual monitors can be set up on NT as long as they are the PCI and the same
make...
-----Original Message-----
From: GDavies
ixl [dot] com [GDaviesixl [dot] com (mailto:GDaviesixl [dot] com)]Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 1:34 PM
To: flasher
chinwag [dot] comSubject: RE: FLASH: Designing for Monitor Resolution
I'm not a Mac expert so someone else can comment for the MAC, but on the PC
if you get a second video card you can run a two head system, you can run
them at different resolutions. (I know the mac can run two monitors, but
I'm not familiar with resolution settings on there)
I run a used Matrox Millenium 4MB PCI with a 15" monitor to compliment my
21" Velocity 4400 setup... I can then run the 21" at 1600 * 1200 and the 15"
at 800 * 600 so I just run the target browser in the smaller monitor. (I
got the video card on www.pricewatch.com for $40), and the monitor was a
spare one I had knocking about. I'm going to buy a good quality 17" soon
for the second monitor.
PS- As far as I know this only works well with WIN98, I don't think it works
in NT.
Cheers
Grant
j a v a j u n k i e
Grant Davies
iXL Atlanta
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: King McCarthy [king
oakweb [dot] com (mailto:kingoakweb [dot] com)]> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 12:03 PM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: RE: FLASH: Designing for Monitor Resolution
>
>
> These stats are in the range I've been viewing. I remember going to
> statmarket.com just a few months ago (when they were free),
> and noticed the
> same. Another source I found was http://www.websnapshot.com
>
> I've created a screen that I show clients.
> http://www.mombobeat.com/screen.html I then have them choose the
> resolution and font styles/sizes they desire. It takes into
> consideration
> the huge header real estate some of these browsers can take up. Some
> clients I've had insist on accommodating the 640 x 480 user
> (not 480 with
> browser header), while others insist on 800 x 600. On our
> last project, we
> chose to make all critical content fall within 760 x 430.
> The client liked
> the 800 x 600 target audience, so we noticed that when the
> page has extended
> info, we narrowed the number to 760 to make room for the
> scroll bar on the
> right.
>
> My recommendation to those with 1024 plus monitor resolution designers
> (probably most of us here), is to set your display
> resolutions down to 640 x
> 480, them 800 x 600 etc to view work you've done. Make sure
> you view it
> within both browsers. It's an eye-opener.
>
> I am presently creating a test page that shows screen captures with a
> variety of fonts and styles, from the PC and Mac. I'm sure
> we've all been
> horrified to see our work created on one platform, and then
> later viewed on
> another.
>
> I'm interested to know how others address this and issues of
> color. I know
> the most common color setting is "thousands/16 bit" followed
> by "millions/24
> bit." However, from what I gather, there are still about 10%
> to 12% of
> users browsing with 256 colors. That's one in ten. I'm sure
> at 256 colors,
> those users find heavily "color banded" sites regularly.
>
> King
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner
chinwag [dot] com [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of> Jason_Schubring
aal [dot] org> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 6:51 AM
> To: flasher
chinwag [dot] com> Subject: Re: FLASH: Designing for Monitor Resolution
>
>
>
>
> >>>"Im not sure I believe these statistics. Two questions: Does anyone
> have a source for hard statistics about monitor resolution in use?
> What resolution do people think one should design for?"
>
>
> Hi Bill...
>
> Unfortunately, all the stats I have seen confirm what you have already
> found.
> We still need to design with the 800x600 resolution in mind
> because they are
> the
> majority.
>
> Here is a resource with "up to the minute" stats on monitor
> resolution and
> more:
>
> http://www.statmarket.com
>
> WOAH... umm... nevermind!!!! That site used to be a free
> site... now it is
> $795.00 per MONTH. (RIPOFF!) Anyway... trust me... the
> stats you have are
> right on track with the numbers I have seen recently. If you
> (or anyone
> else)
> find another resorce for stats like this, let me know. A
> free one would be
> nice. :-)
>
> Good luck.
>
> J
>
>
>
>
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