Popular screen resolution
See the chart below for the popular display resolution people are using. Note that around 1/5 of internet population are still using 800x600 and more and more people are using 1024x768. However, webmaster should understand his/her target audiences to decide a right resolution to use for the his/her website.
For example, if your audiences are people with low technical background in developing countries, you might want to target for 800x600. However, if your target is the design guru or technology pioneer, you should adjust your site for a higher resolution. Use the web statistics available for your site to know your audiences.
I have obtained the information from the following site: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
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13 comments:
Hi June,
first of all, nice blog.
I am not sure if really so much people are using a resolution of 800x600.
Please take a look at this:
http://www.webhits.de/deutsch/index.shtml?webstats.html
Best regards
Pascal
Hi Pascal,
Thanks for your comment. I looked at the link you have provided and yes, the population who is using 800x600 is very minimal. Anyhow, I am wondering if the stat on your website represents the European and especially Dutch population? Since European tends to be technologically advance, maybe that's why they have a higher population using the high resolution screen. I think my statistic is an average of the global result, which might include some developing countries and maybe that's why it has more low resolution users.
However, when you check the source of my statistics: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp, you can see there is a downward trend of people using 800x600. That means globally more and more people are using high resolution screen now.
I guess webmaster should look at the characteristic of their site's target population. e.g. Look at the audience's country statistic. Even in a developing country, if your target audience is the high tech group in that country, the majority of the site user will still be using the high resolution. Therefore it is very important to know your audience in order for you to target your website content and to optimize the site resolution for your audience group.
Thanks,
June
Hi June,
your absolutely right. Looking on the targetgroup is indispensable.
Webstats is a german webstatistic tool. The source for the statistics shown on the link are 20.000 german websites.
btw. i found the adress to your weblog somewhere in my documents. i´m new in the german neopost team as e-marketing manager.
so it's a good reason to use tools like google analytics
:-)
yes, any tools that help you to find out more about your visitors (how they find you, the keywords they use etc) would be very beneficial in planning and improving any e-marketing campaign.. same as in traditional marketing method, you need to know your target audience in order for you to create an effective e-marketing campaign
btw. i checked our visitors.
15.03.07 - 14.04.07
1024 x 768 = 44,51%
1280 x 1024 = 33,19%
1280 x 800 = 3,48%
1152 x 864 = 3,39%
800 x 600 = 2,44 %
the rest are higher resolutions.
;-)
yes.. most of your visitors are using high resolutions.. you don't need to worry about the few low ones.. :)
June
5:25 AM??? puh, you are gettin up early.
No.. it was not 5:25... it was suppose to be 8:25..
Thanks for your comment. I am glad that you like my blog and it is my pleasure to have my blog on your favourite list. :)
I think your blog is great too.. thanks for the info on ALGOCO... and yes, it reminds me of the old days of All Advantage. I remember me and lots of friends are their members at some point. Anyhow, is the ALGOCO initiative working so far?
Thats a very interesting post. I have been inspired. Thanks.
Hi Website Designer,
Thanks.. hope my blog has given you good tips on what you are doing.
June
Won't you wonder if somebody says he doesn't know what is a software company ? Am sure you will fall off from your chair. But believe me it is true. There still are people in third world countries who don’t know anything about software development, web application development or internet. So those who are not really aware about these buzzing things, try to find out what is a tech-world of Internet.
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