Survey - what monitor size and resolution do you use?

[Dan Furman]

I just upped the resolution on my 22" monitor to 1680x1050, and damn, does my website look small. But I have to realize that not everyone is viewing through this setup.

But I'm curious - what monitor size and resolution do you use?

[SteveC]

Hi Dan

I have a dual monitor set-up... as I tend to run everything off of my laptop hooked up to its docking station.... so the laptop has a 17" monitor at resolution 1440 x 900 and my other monitor is a 19" (could be 22" - I can't remember) at 1280 x 1024...

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[Patrysha]

The desktops are 17's and the mini's are about 7. I think the laptop that doesn't currently work (one of these days I'll take it into the shop) is a 15

[billbenson]

Had a 19 inch for a long time. It started to have an intermittent power problem and the localy available monitors were expensive and lousy.

Bottom line, 2 months ago, I bought a 28" monitor online for $300. That's about what WalMart sells a 22 inch monitor for. the resolution I decided on is 1440 x 1080. It goes up to 1900 x 1220.

Its not for everyone. For me, I was able to both make the text larger for my aging eyes and get more on the screen. I really like it. I stick a keyboard on my lap and put my feet on the desk and work. If your desk is set up where you need to be close to the monitor, its not for you.

Really nice as well if you do any pseudo presentations. People can see the screen looking over your back.

[phanio]

Laptop only 17" screen with 1280 X 800 resolution. Now I feel envious. Looks like it might be time to upgrade - especially if it helps the eyes.

[vangogh]

15 inch screen with 1440 x 900 resolution.

[nealrm]

I went out and pull me analytic stats. Based on 56,000 visit the screen resolution breaks down as follows:

37.5% - 1024x768
20.3% - 1280x800
10.6% - 1280x1024
10.0% - 1440x900
5.2% - 800x600
4.3% - 1680x1050

everything else is below 3%

[rezzy]

15 inch screen with 1440 x 900 resolution.

Thats has to weird.

Several screens sizes: 17' -1024x768 and one higher.

Laptop wide screen, not sure of setting.

Generally 1024x768 is the standard.

[cbscreative]

I'm glad neal posted the stats. I believe those are in the general ballpark for what I usually see too. It can vary for different types of sites, so numbers like that are to be taken with the understanding that yours could be different.

Me personally, I work primarily on a 20" set at 1280x960, and my laptop is 15.4 WS at 1280x800. The second office computer is 19" at traditional 1024x768 so I have a quick reference to see how everything looks at the most common setting when I test web layouts. I deliberately use different configurations, software, and hardware on all my inhouse machines (only 4 so far though) just so I have a good variety of testing equipment.

[Harold Mansfield]

I just upped the resolution on my 22" monitor to 1680x1050, and damn, does my website look small.

Yeah, I went through that a while back. I was both appalled and shocked.:eek:

Right now I'm running (3) 19" widescreens with 1440x900 resolution. (2) on my desktop and (1) off my laptops docking station (laptop is a notebook with a 10.1" screen with 1024 x 600 resolution).

Sites do look small if you don't adjust the settings, which I don't because then it really looks weird (big text and all) but I noticed that many sites display the same way including big ones like WSJ, ESPn, and CNN so it doesn't bother me anymore, but that first day with the first wide screen, I was all panicked and thought I was going to have to re-code everything.:)

[billbenson]

What are you using for the resolution stats? I would think that is a good one to look at from time to time as that could vary widely depending on your market?

[nighthawk]

I went out and pull me analytic stats. Based on 56,000 visit the screen resolution breaks down as follows:

37.5% - 1024x768
20.3% - 1280x800
10.6% - 1280x1024
10.0% - 1440x900
5.2% - 800x600
4.3% - 1680x1050

everything else is below 3%

Here are the stats from one of my sites, based on 24,000 visits

28.29 1024x768
20.88 1280x1024
19.88 1280x800
11.4 1440x900
5.19 1680x1050
3 800x600
2.11 1280x768
1.8 1152x864
1.36 1920x1200
1.34 1366x768

incidentally, my website is designed to be viewed at 1024x768, fixed width. The stats show that those with a resolution of 1280x800 spend twice as long and browse twice as many pages as those with a resolution of 1280x1024 and 1024x768, whereas those with a resoltion other than those three spend almost no time on the site at all.

Im not sure how significant that is.

[Vivid Color Zack]

Dual 23" cinemas over here, 1920 x 1200 I think. HD is awesome :)