What's your screen width (poll)

there is a website somewhere that explains (step by step) how to set up your website html so it automatically adjusts to the moniter size for the reader. i really wish i still had that bookmarked. but i'm sure you can find such a place on the web if you're willing to put in the time and effort researching it. (try wikipedia for links at the bottom of html tutorials too)

I'd say an average to go for is 1024 x 768.

That should fit on most monitors- both CRT and LCD.

Making a webpage too big would cause people with small monitors to scroll around alot.... which is a good way to make them leave sooner.

I'm so tempted to hook up to the new 46" screen, but I'd have to drag the computer to the other side of the house, or get some REALLy long cables.

bout this wide


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Thanks Colette. That fits my screen exactly.
If you make you website too wide some people will have to scroll horizontally. I hate that. But you will want to it to look nice on on of those really wide screens too. Welcome to web design.

Hey! Your post is running off the edge of my screen. Oooh, that's so annoying! I had to scroll over just to hit quote.

1360x768 on 52" HDTV.

I love it!

wow

52 inch screen?

how far do you sit from the computer? Japan?

I use an 100 inch screen. It's a projector. When I'm in Second Life I really am *IN* Second Life.

I can't really recommend it though. A bulb can cost as much as $500 and they only last 3-4 months. So it's the equivalent of buying a new monitor every few months.

The best thing thing about projectors are that you can sneeze and you don't get snot all over your screen.

Well not unless you sneeze really hard.

umm maybe 3 1/2 feet.

I had used a couple of 17" monitors for a long time and then one day the HDTV arrived. I of course plugged my comp into it right after the cable, and I have not touched my old monitors since.

It's a nice big crisp picture but sometimes it does cause my eyes to feel strain. Sometimes I miss sitting with my face hovering a few inches from the monitor.

wow I sit about 2 feet back from this 17 inch monitor - and i'm NEAR sighted

lol

I have considered this for some media projects. The expense of those bulbs every few months is a big turnoff though.

Tell me, when you travel through a build or are standing among a group of toons does it feel like a more immersive experience?

wouldn't the avatar flaws drive you nuts at that size though?

At first it was amazing. But as I'm sure you've noticed with your TV, you do get used to it and start to take it for granted.

One day I tried going back to my 24" Dell monitor and couldn't believe that something I once thought of as huge was suddenly incredibly tiny. I immediately sold it on ebay.

So the projector probably is more immersive. But I think I take that immersion for granted.

It's like anything, we get used to it. We're never satisfied...

I'm going to hire a movie theatre next.

Oh I don't mind...but you should use a better resolution with yours I guess-it should go higher than that! Desk hasn't got ROOM for anything larger anyway...

It can, but I don't like it. I tried 1152. Too small for me.

Ditto. I surf at 3 or 4 different screen-sizes depending on my location/device at the time For instance:

At work, I use both 1024 and 800 pixel-wide displays. At home, I run my SL computer at 1280x720 widescreen. I have another computer for Photoshop that runs I think 1280x960... and finally, I have an iPod Touch that runs in wide or tall aspect with whatever pixel-count it uses.

I read these SL forums on all of those different computers, whenever I'm bored. So they're all regular surf-screens.

That would be a problem for me as well- I'm extremely short-sighted, which means my glasses make me see everything smaller (comes with the strength of those lenses)-it would be rather hard for me to work with tiny fonts.....they might look perfectly crisp and clear, but they're too small.

Hey everyone! I use a Dell Computer which is a model 410, with a 1280X 1024 pixel monitor. I thought this was fantastic at first but I am already wanting a bigger screen! Just had it since October! But the one I have is very good and it even let me run both of my avatars at once on SL so that means to me that it is very capable of lasting me for a while, at least I hope it does.

1680x1050. About average, I guess. Sometimes, I switch from the 22" widescreen to the 40" HDTV.

You people still use screens? <blinks to adjust optical implant>

Does it work with glasses?

It's custom made for the individual's eyes, isn't it?

My monitors can display a higher resolution but I see no value in it, since the fonts get smaller, unless you compensate, and if you compensate, what's the point?

So I stick with what I consider to be "the old standard" and what I suspect is the most common res: 1024x768.