Comments on: Good Design: Keeping your customer’s monitor in mind http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:26:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Camilla http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-789 Camilla Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:53:18 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-789 Centering is great but how wide should you make your page to begin with so it fits the majority of monitors & there is not a lot of dead space around your page. Will be great when you have the option to automatic fit to screen size!! Centering is great but how wide should you make your page to begin with so it fits the majority of monitors & there is not a lot of dead space around your page. Will be great when you have the option to automatic fit to screen size!!

]]> By: Idetrorce http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-618 Idetrorce Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:42:17 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-618 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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]]> By: Sergio's World Beers http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-580 Sergio's World Beers Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:57:28 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-580 Great! Regards, CMS, Sergio's World Beers Email : generalmailbox@sergiosworldbeers.com http://sergiosworldbeers.com Great!

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]]> By: Jim Arsen http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-374 Jim Arsen Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:50:13 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-374 I think that it is important to keep in mind different monitors and look at the stats from time to time :-) It seems that some designers still consider 800*600 px resolution but there are few people who still have it so I don't think it makes sense to keep it in mind... When I looked at our site using our new Samsung monitor (at 1280*768 px) I found a lot of flaws that I didn't see on old monitors at the same resolution! So I think the monitor is very important and the designers have to be very careful today, as technology moves ahead. I think that it is important to keep in mind different monitors and look at the stats from time to time :-) It seems that some designers still consider 800*600 px resolution but there are few people who still have it so I don’t think it makes sense to keep it in mind… When I looked at our site using our new Samsung monitor (at 1280*768 px) I found a lot of flaws that I didn’t see on old monitors at the same resolution! So I think the monitor is very important and the designers have to be very careful today, as technology moves ahead.

]]> By: Heather http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-277 Heather Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:19:45 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-277 Hi Rochelle, I am just starting with my website and your post just answered a huge question! Thanks. But I have a bigger one. Now that I am getting more comfortable working with the software I woule like to get rid of the sitebuilder lite template and start over in sitebuilder. Do you know how I would do this? Thanks, Heather Hi Rochelle,

I am just starting with my website and your post just answered a huge question! Thanks.
But I have a bigger one. Now that I am getting more comfortable working with the software I woule like to get rid of the sitebuilder lite template and start over in sitebuilder. Do you know how I would do this?
Thanks, Heather

]]> By: Rochelle, Director of Products at Homestead http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-275 Rochelle, Director of Products at Homestead Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:46:28 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-275 Hi folks, I just put up a new post that addresses using images as backgrounds: http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/18/good-design-using-an-image-as-your-background/ I think it addresses most of the issues that Kevin, JP and Andy bring up. Also, I wanted to say that Andy's comments on screen res are spot on. In the US, less that 15% of users have a screen resolution of 800x600 and 1024x768 is the leading majority. -Rochelle Hi folks,

I just put up a new post that addresses using images as backgrounds: http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/18/good-design-using-an-image-as-your-background/

I think it addresses most of the issues that Kevin, JP and Andy bring up. Also, I wanted to say that Andy’s comments on screen res are spot on. In the US, less that 15% of users have a screen resolution of 800×600 and 1024×768 is the leading majority.

-Rochelle

]]> By: JP http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-262 JP Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:34:35 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-262 I would like to see a setting that stretches the background to fit whatever screen resolution a persons using like Kevin suggested. I would like to see a setting that stretches the background to fit whatever screen resolution a persons using like Kevin suggested.

]]> By: Jim Walker http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-260 Jim Walker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:24:51 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-260 Great tip. I had just mentioned to my wife that my site on wider screens probably looked pretty skimpy. 10 minutes later I read your blog about centering. Thanks! Great tip. I had just mentioned to my wife that my site on wider screens probably looked pretty skimpy. 10 minutes later I read your blog about centering. Thanks!

]]> By: Andy http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-256 Andy Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:27:35 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-256 Keep an eye on what screen res your visitors are using with your statistics. There's no point building a site at 800x600 if most of your visitors are using 1024x768. It's 2007, anyone using 800x600 is in a tiny minority, don't hold back your site for the sake of a handful in the dark ages. Centering your page isn't as good as automatic fit to screen size, I'd like to see that facility available, as it's commonplace on the web these days. Keep an eye on what screen res your visitors are using with your statistics. There’s no point building a site at 800×600 if most of your visitors are using 1024×768. It’s 2007, anyone using 800×600 is in a tiny minority, don’t hold back your site for the sake of a handful in the dark ages.

Centering your page isn’t as good as automatic fit to screen size, I’d like to see that facility available, as it’s commonplace on the web these days.

]]> By: Kirby Holmes http://blog.homestead.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-246 Kirby Holmes Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:52:45 +0000 http://homesteadblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/good-design-keeping-your-customers-monitor-in-mind/#comment-246 I recently centered my site and have checked it from various browsers and monitors. It is a much better site presentation when centered. www.tribalscreen.com I recently centered my site and have checked it from various browsers and monitors. It is a much better site presentation when centered.

http://www.tribalscreen.com

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