I have a web design/resolution question.
I am working on a personal project and I want to be sure that everyone gets to see everything as nicely as I do. Basically I want to make sure the banner on what is basically a weblog doesn't get cut off.
It looks really good on my 17" PowerBook at 1440x900. On my G4 Cube it's fine on the 15" display at 1024x768. If I set the resolution to 800x600 part of the banner is cut off.
Do I need to worry about that low a resolution? I expect that most of the people viewing the site will be on Macs and most Mac monitors are probably at 1024x768.
Is 800x600 common to the PC world? I could check it on my wife's Compaq laptop but I have to wait until my son gets tired of Cartoon Network games. I figured it would be faster asking here!
P.S. Any feedback on the site (particularly typos and other stupid errors) would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: Aside from a few missing images, the site is basically complete.
Posted by Stephen Macklin at May 4, 2006 08:24 AMIt used to be very common in the PC world but only the really old machines still use it. What'sit... 1280xsomething is most common nowadays in PC land.
Posted by Ted at May 4, 2006 01:15 AMThe only people using 800x600 are those stuck with 10 year old machines. They're probably also on Windows 3.1 and dial-up internet.
There are still a fair number of people on 1024x768, particularly on notebooks, so we can't drop that just yet. 
Good.
Given the nature of the site, if they are looking at it on 800x600 I probably don't want to be hearing from them anyway!
Posted by Stephen Macklin at May 4, 2006 02:44 AMPage http://onedesigner.mu.nu/archives/030396.php
"mechanical pnmcils" "model selction" "directing photograqphy" "photo selction" again
Posted by Pixy Misa at May 4, 2006 03:23 AMJust to add my 2 cents...
Something too many web designers seem to forget is that the vast majority of readers emphatically do NOT want to HAVE to maximise their browser window just to read your site.
Just because a viewer has 1024x768 pixels doesn't mean he's willing to let you have all of them. More than likely, he has other windows open as well and wants to be able to see/use them at the same time as the browser without constantly having to do the minimise/maximise dance. This is especially true for laptop users.
Screen size/resolution is irrelevant. It's the portion of the screen your going to be allowed to use that determines the minimum size for which you should design.
Damn soapbox. 
Paul
PS In your first indented job responsibilities section on the front page, you switch from past tense to present and back again. Go with "Designed and oversaw..." for the 2 middle sentences, for consistency.
On Market Growth Resources portfolio page - last sentence: "focusing on true anecdotes form [from] the brands [brand's] long and storied history."
On Ryan Partnership portfolio page: "The Standee for for Heiniken USA's promotion..." Heineken spelled incorrectly twice in this blurb. It's correct elsewhere on the page.
Next blurb on same page: "Rather than force the two brand [brands] together, a three sided [three-sided] display..."
Same page: "...for the re-release of the original Star Wars movies[comma required here] two end-aisle stacks..."
An overall style thing... it's generally considered standard to italicise titles of magazines, movies etc. You do it in one spot on the Ryan Partnerships portfolio page (Heinekin standee - Tomorrow Never Dies) but should probably do it for all instances. Either that or remove it from that one instance for consistency.
Well, you did ask!
P.
Posted by Light & Dark at May 4, 2006 05:54 AMI maximise everything, except when I need to do a lot of cutting and pasting. Of course, if I had a 30" monitor I probably wouldn't do that, but I don't, so I do.
Posted by Pixy Misa at May 4, 2006 06:24 AMThanks for the good eyes, Paul.
I'm not terribly concerned about someone having to maximize the window in order to read it. If they don't they type will re-flow and they'll lose part of the banner.
I'll have to put some thought into re-working that first indented section. Some of those items are specific past events some are ongoing present realities.
Posted by Stephen Macklin at May 4, 2006 10:21 AMHere's what I noticed:
BIC Portfolio examples page: In the description of the first sample, the last "t" in Twist isn't italicized. It currently reads Twist.
Ryan Partnership, main body: The movie titles should be italicized.
Ryan Portfolio page: First item repeats the word for. "The Standee for for Heineken USA's promotion tie in..."
Forth item description says "Pepsico" rather than "PepsiCo", as you wrote it on the main page.
Yarmouth Printing: Second paragraph is missing a period at the end.
Sheesh, I started in the bindery department and ended up running a press. You started in the bindery department and ended up running the shop.
University of Maine: Having graduated in 1985, all of the following dates are obviously a decade off! "Editorial Page Editor (1994) and Managing Editor (1995)..." etc.
Other than that, looks great!
Posted by Tuning Spork at May 4, 2006 09:11 PMI thank you for your help as well Spork. Now that is approaching being close to correct I can't wait to see I anything comes of it.
Posted by Stephen Macklin at May 4, 2006 11:57 PM