Design resolution

[saxx]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

This is a noob question i know, but when you're designing for web. The resolution i should be anticipating is 768 1024, right?. But i don't want to leave the higher resolutions in the dark. So what's the highest i should design for. Anybody know?


HDTV: 1080p (1920*1080 progressive scan)

I hope to god there is no one using their hdtv to browse the interwebz :(

[biztaty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

This is a noob question i know, but when you're designing for web. The resolution i should be anticipating is 768 1024, right?. But i don't want to leave the higher resolutions in the dark. So what's the highest i should design for. Anybody know?



I hope to god there is no one using their hdtv to browse the interwebz :(


I think it really depends what are you designing, is it flash or plain html?

in both cases i think you should try to make it auto align the design according to the resolution,

in flash you can align your objects to the edge of the screen or in the center for example, so as in plain html

[liquidgraph]

I constantly run into this very problem. If you're very paranoid about usability and customer retention, I would suggest designing for the lowest common denominator: 800x600. In this case your site/flash application should not exceed 780px to account for browser chrome. Depending on your audience, anywhere from 5-10% of your visitors will be using an 800x600 resolution.

If you don't mind alienating some of those users, go ahead and design for 1024x768. A lot of sites are optimized for this resolution nowadays.