With the web being in constant flux, it is important for website designers to stay current with the most current web design standards. For new blog entry topics, I like to peruse other web design blogs for inspiration, and in turn, stay current with my web design skills. I recently visited a blog that stood out for discussing a topic that would seem to be common knowledge among the web designer community – screen resolution. After some thought however, it is a topic that needs to be discussed. Even though I consciously enter the pixel size of a window when creating a new website design, I never really focus on how it applies to the screen resolution. As a helpful refresher, I have looked into this further and have written a nice, simple, informational blog about this seemingly elementary topic. It turns out, there are some important terms and practices that correspond with these numbers that you might find helpful when devising your future website designs.

There has been a lively debate on the proper resolution designers should use to design a website. A few years ago, it was common to design for a 1024×768 and 800×600 pixel screen. Now, it has become common to design strictly for 1024×768 pixels due to increasing screen size by leading computer manufacturers. Even though many users have increased the size of their monitors, some thought leaders argue that users still keep the browser windows relatively small on their screens to view other task windows simultaneously. Continue reading →