Tempest Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I was just looking at my new websites test page from work and I noticed that it looked much bigger than it did on my home computer. It must be because I'm using a very high resolution at home (1024x768) and a normal resolution (800x600) at work. I don't want my webpage to look funny if viewed at the wrong resolution so I was wondering which one most of you use? I also noticed that my main site 8-bit Rot (http://www.msu.edu/user/reicher6/) looks off center and has alot of word wrap at 800x600. If you want to see what it should look like (what I see) use 1024x768. Is there a easy way to adjust the resoultion according to the viewer or do you just go with one and screw the other guy? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videotwit Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I use 1024x768 both at home and my office. I don't think it'll be long before 800x600 is the lowest common denominator as far as screen resolution goes... but that's just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I use 800x600, i think Well that what it was at when i played Everquest online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangles66 Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I use 800 x 600. 17" monitor- Tempest i looked at your site and it didn't look off center. Meaning I didn't have a scroll bar at the bottom of the screen. I checked several of your links and they were all fine. I know what you mean about having the site look funny at different places. my site http://www.elmoandfriends.com looks fine here at home. but at work through our system it looks like crap becasue they have it set for 16 colors- my wife's company is the same way. the photos are all blackish. I usually worry more about the site working in ie and netscape than anything else. I don't want to get into trying to make it aol compatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquid_sky Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I alternate between 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768. It depends on what I am doing and the conditions.. some things just look better bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadenut Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Tempest: I was just looking at my new websites test page from work and I noticed that it looked much bigger than it did on my home computer. It must be because I'm using a very high resolution at home (1024x768) and a normal resolution (800x600) at work. I don't want my webpage to look funny if viewed at the wrong resolution so I was wondering which one most of you use? I also noticed that my main site 8-bit Rot (http://www.msu.edu/user/reicher6/) looks off center and has alot of word wrap at 800x600. If you want to see what it should look like (what I see) use 1024x768. Is there a easy way to adjust the resoultion according to the viewer or do you just go with one and screw the other guy? Tempest I run 1280x1024. My web site is designed for 800x600. I've found that the best way to control the look of a site is to either fix the width (and possibly height) by use of Tables, or to make sure your content still looks good when Resized. After fighting the resizable problems, I stuck with a Fixed Width. You can also combine those options so that certain things stay a fixed size, while other aspects shrink and grow as the page changes sizes. If its a FONT size problem, then you need to stick with the basic fonts (Arial, etc..) and specify a specific Size (8pt, 10pt, etc...). If you sepcify + and - or the big and small tags, then you have less control over how it looks. Its a major pain to get it to look perfect in every browser, so just pick one or two and go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 I use 800x600 on my Mac at home. I like to see the pixels, very Atari-like. 1024 hurts my eyes too much. Maybe when I get a flat-screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted January 17, 2002 Author Share Posted January 17, 2002 Well I'm going to optimize the site for 1024x768 but I'll make sure it doesn't look bad in 800x600. I had fix a problem with it just last night. Apprently Netscape 4.7 and my site don't agree... Is there a way to shrink or expand images based on the users resolution? I just noticed that my column of buttons goes from the top of the screen to the bottom in 800x600 but is just half way down in 1024x768. Tempest [ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: Tempest ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted January 25, 2002 Share Posted January 25, 2002 well, I use 1024 x 768. Also, 8 bit rot is your site? It's a GREAT site and helped me tons with identifying my astrocade. i wasn't sure what it was untill I checked out your site, so good job on the site and keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmichael0 Posted February 10, 2002 Share Posted February 10, 2002 My screen on my iMac is 1024 X 768 & on my iBook it 800 X 600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmichael0 Posted February 10, 2002 Share Posted February 10, 2002 My screen on my iMac is 1024 X 768 & on my iBook it 800 X 600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmichael0 Posted February 10, 2002 Share Posted February 10, 2002 Did it post when I click on preview It the 2nd time I think it done this ( or more! ) . I useing Netscape 6.2 , I wonder if that got some thing to do with it. I did not press preview this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmichael0 Posted February 10, 2002 Share Posted February 10, 2002 Did it post when I click on preview It the 2nd time I think it done this ( or more! ) . I useing Netscape 6.2 , I wonder if that got some thing to do with it. I did not press preview this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 10, 2002 Share Posted February 10, 2002 You can delete your own posts if you you click on the Edit icon above the post (it has a piece of paper with a pencil). There's then a checkbox that says, "Delete Post?". As for your multiple posts, pressing "Preview" won't do it, but pressing the "Add Reply" button more than once will cause you to post multiple times. This sometimes happens to me if I go back a page after posting and then accidently press Enter while the "Add Reply" button has focus. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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