RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

That kind of makes no sense.  It is dependent on what size window one allows
the browser to have.  If one runs full screen on an 800x600 monitor, it's
larger than a little window on a 1280x1024 display.  How do you tell that?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Rick Berk
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:33 AM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution
>
>
> Most web hosting companies can get stats from users of their websites. You
> can find out what browsers are most popular, resolution settings, among
> other things. For me, as a web designer, such stats help me to create
> websites that are more accessible to everyone.  If I see everyone is using
> 1024x768 or higher, I can design for that. If I see that 80% of my viewers
> are at 800x600, then I must design to that size. Nobody likes to scroll
> horizontally, and the resolution stat from my web host is a huge help in
> keeping my site looking good at all resolutions and on all
> platforms and in
> all browsers.
> Rick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Austin Franklin
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 10:33 PM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution
>
>
>
> > Do you guys want to alienate all amateurs on this list?  ;)
>
> Of course not.
>
> > My visitor stats say that 80% of my visitors are using less
> than or equal
> > to 1024x768.
>
> How do you know that is their display resolution, and not what
> their browser
> is set to?  I don't know how you do what you claim, so I have no idea how
> you get that info.
>
> If my display information is being sent to someone, that would
> tick me off,
> because it's none of their business what my display settings are.
>  What else
> gets sent?
>
>