I recently had a few issues with screen size when designing a website.  My first situation was my client thought the web page size was too big for the screen.  She was proofing the site on a laptop computer probably around 1024×768.  So, even after explaining the trend towards screens getting bigger, I shrunk the home page down a bit to fit on the screen.  She was happy.  The thing is, on my end I have a laptop and a desktop and it looked a bit small on both, but I wasn’t going to argue, as long as she was happy so I kept it the way it was, small.  The second one was with a client who I am guessing had a big computer screen since she liked the fonts in her site to around 9 or 8 points.  I was able to read it easily enough but there are probably many people who might find it too small.  I try to shoot for 12 points to just stay in the middle.

What am I trying to say?  Well, the trend is going towards big computer screens and although it is impossible to please everyone and have a website look exactly the same in every browser and every screen…it’s good to shoot for the middle ground.  I try to use a width of around 1000 pixels for websites and keep the font 12 or 11 points, but there are more and more people out there with tv sized computer screens so its a safe bet to begin designing larger…

Here are some stats…interesting…or boring…but good to look at…

Browser Statistic Trends

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Heather is the owner and creative director of Third Eye Studio, a graphic/web/art studio located in Lake Worth, South Florida.

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