Should 1024x768 Be The Standard for Web Browsing?
In a recent poll conducted by realtime analytics company Onestat.com, results have shown that the vast majority of Internet users around the world prefer to view their websites in 1024x768 screen resolution. 56.25% prefer this resolution, while 15.79% prefer a higher resolution at 1280x1024.
These statistics show a drastic rethink in website development is necessary. Most commonly websites are optimised for 800x600 resolution. Turn up the resolution on your monitor to 1024x768 or 1280x1024 and you have a large amount of screen real-estate that is left empty. Take this blog for instance: I view the page at 1280x1024 and as such I have wide open spaces on either side of the text windows - this is not as noticable at lower resolutions, namely 800x600 for which the site is optimised.
The parity between the two statistics is understandable considering the rest of the world are using the less common wide-screen formats of 1280x800 (4.09%) and 1152x864 (3.90%), leaving a whopping 12.04% still using the 800x600 eyesore.
Some may argue that less is more, and being the minimalist that I am I tend to agree. However I also realise the potential for development in these empty spaces. My first thought is advertising, although in an Internet over-run by irrelevant and unsolicited commercials I would hope that website developers take the high road and utilise the space more constructively. Either way as the world continues to embrace higher screen resolutions it will be interesting to see this evolution take place.
These statistics show a drastic rethink in website development is necessary. Most commonly websites are optimised for 800x600 resolution. Turn up the resolution on your monitor to 1024x768 or 1280x1024 and you have a large amount of screen real-estate that is left empty. Take this blog for instance: I view the page at 1280x1024 and as such I have wide open spaces on either side of the text windows - this is not as noticable at lower resolutions, namely 800x600 for which the site is optimised.
The parity between the two statistics is understandable considering the rest of the world are using the less common wide-screen formats of 1280x800 (4.09%) and 1152x864 (3.90%), leaving a whopping 12.04% still using the 800x600 eyesore.
Some may argue that less is more, and being the minimalist that I am I tend to agree. However I also realise the potential for development in these empty spaces. My first thought is advertising, although in an Internet over-run by irrelevant and unsolicited commercials I would hope that website developers take the high road and utilise the space more constructively. Either way as the world continues to embrace higher screen resolutions it will be interesting to see this evolution take place.
posted by Mike @ 7:55 am
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