Optimal Page Width?

Jas · #1 10-10-05, 05:03 PM

Whats the optimal Page Width these days?

I heard about 800px, this right?

jaswinder_rana · #2 10-10-05, 05:41 PM

yes, but i prefer %. it makes it better looking on all kind of browser, and also % for font size. Image resizing with CSS also makes it better.

Brandon · #3 10-10-05, 06:56 PM

I would say 760 pix if you cant use %

GTAce · #4 10-10-05, 07:24 PM

if % IS an option...I've always been a fan of 90 or 95%

jaswinder_rana · #5 10-10-05, 07:29 PM

oh yes, 100% wont look good, and same for fixed one, like Brandon said, 760 not 800

Yowser · #6 10-11-05, 01:16 AM

I usually do about 780 or 790 if % isn't going to work for a particular project for some reason.

dojo · #7 02-26-06, 08:34 AM

Depends. I have some 800 width (790 to me more specific), but I also design for higher res (1000 width)

MicroGeak · #8 03-02-06, 10:13 AM

About half the time I decide to forget about the smaller screen resolution people and design for the bigger screens. I like 1000+ designing more.

srdjan · #9 03-08-06, 03:38 PM

I do 750px, or when I do a liquid layout - 90-95%.

Brandon · #10 03-08-06, 05:29 PM

Recently I have been doing 770px

srdjan · #11 03-08-06, 07:21 PM

Just to add to one of the previous posts, when using liquid layouts you don't have problems of that kind most of the time.

illusion · #12 03-10-06, 08:24 PM

I am also one who likes liquid layouts, 90-95% is what I want

Yowser · #13 03-24-06, 02:47 AM

My only problem with building a liquid design is that I like to have more control of how the text looks on the page. High resolution+liquid design=the appearance of very little content. Low resolution+liquid design=the appearance of too much content and a lot of scrolling=no one bothers reading it all.

welshcs · #14 03-28-06, 01:38 AM

i use 800 px but that just cuz at least a quarter of the world still runs 800 x 600 screens