Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Preparing for Widescreen (27 Mar 2006) The metrics of screen width are already beginning to change. A quick glance at the Web sites for Dell, HP/Compaq and Gateway shows that at least 75% of laptops are now offered with widescreens. From this point forward, new laptop buyers will be widescreen users, meaning more and more people will be browsing the Web at 1280×800 resolution (the default for 15.4-inch widescreens). Desktop monitors of this proportion are still too expensive for the mainstream (rarely retailing for under $700). That will change in the next few years as they begin to trickle into the marketplace, but for a while, the range of user screen widths will be large - most people will be viewing Web sites at 800, 1280 or 1600 pixels wide. Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://www.digital-web.com/articles/preparing_for_widescreen/ Read 355 more articles from Digital Web sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: The role of aesthetics in design          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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