Comments on: Graduating From 800

By: Steve Tucker

Steve Tucker — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:34:08 +0000

Ive always been a fan of narrow column layouts. I find them attractive and elegant. As a bonus they also happen to be easier to design and naturally accessible for the folks on low resolution monitors or mobile phones. I must admin being impressed by a new wave of Javascript-based implementations such as Ramstein’s website (http://rammstein.com) though, whose layout changes to fit best around the screen size of the client’s browser. The only time I use fluid are on very functionality-driven websites, such as ecommerce shops and admin panels, etc. Think ill be using 800×600 for a little while yet though otherwise…

By: J Phill

J Phill — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:53:55 +0000

Tyler, I don’t know if you’ve check espn.com lately but the width of their page is about 990px. Alot of the bigger sites are starting to do it though, like Microsoft and Motorola. 800×600 is really old news, but we wouldn’t be practicing web standards if we didn’t accomadate as many users as possible.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:11:19 +0000

I hear ya. Someone has to lead the charge, but it won’t be a single individual. It will have to be a collective decision on the part of some organization, be it a website or web design firm. Imagine what would happen if ESPN.com suddenly ported over to 1024×768! How many men would rush to get a new monitor? Maybe not many, but some would. The point is, we have to work together to cause the scales to tip.