Screen Resolution and Page Layout (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
“Summary:
Optimize Web pages for 1024×768, but use a liquid layout that stretches well for any resolution, from 800×600 to 1280×1024.”
I disagree. I just do ok.
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halp! it’s happened again. last time it was November. I wonder if it’s an SAD releted thing? Isn’t even that dark yet but I guess the weather is changing.
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- Twitter October 10, 2008
- 10 Tips for successfully implementing social media September 29, 2008
- New Methods for Designing Experiences September 28, 2008
- Being Peter Kim: A List of Social Media Marketing Examples September 26, 2008
- From The Head Of Zeus Jones » Blog Archive » UX is the new account planning. September 26, 2008
- Plating The Bird: The Middle Child and the Mid-Life Crisis. September 26, 2008
- My First 8 Steps As A New CMO « Customer Experience Matters September 26, 2008
- The Future of the Desktop - ReadWriteWeb September 26, 2008
- TV and Online work best together « Brand Strategy Magazine Blog July 11, 2008
- Groundswell (Incorporating Charlene Li's Blog): July 10, 2008
Has the man never heard of windows? does everyone view in full screen? Or do they (like I do) have more than one app tiled open at a time. I’ve just done a quick poll of the browser windows I have open on my widescreen laptop (1440×90 viewable area) and the average viewable area of their windows is 1197×760.
There’s a thing Richard Hallows at Tonic pointed me to; the concept of “progressive enhancement” - the opposite of the “graceful degradation” that Mr N seems to favour. The idea rather appeals to me (I’m probably well behind the curve on this one).
Ahh I just noticed the date on the article on Hesketh. Essentialy they are describing how XML / XSLT works, which is infact, yes, a good way to design stuff.