Slightly OT - but please help

**Simmo!** · 8th March 2006, 02:05 PM

Hopefully the Meister will let me get away with posting this here, but i need some responses asap

I'm finishing off the last bits of the "Game Buddy" Mk III and i need to know the common screen resolutions of gamblers! I just bought myself a nifty 19" monitor that goes up to 1440x900 (sooo cheap now!) and i just wanted to see what the commonest res is these days.

Much appreciated

Simmo!

**Casinomeister** · 8th March 2006, 02:19 PM

Just to give you some stats for the overall site:

1024x768 - 51.10%
1280x1024 - 21.99%
800x600 - 12.63%
Other - 5.79%
1152x864 - 4.53%
1600x1200 - 3.88%
640x480 - 0.04%

We'll see how this pans out in the poll

And for those of you who don't know what your screen resolution is - go to "start" "control panel" "display" and then click the "settings" tab. It should tell you what your screen resolution is.

**Slotster!** · 8th March 2006, 02:25 PM

Argh! I clicked the wrong one. I'm actually 1024x768, not the one I clicked. Idiot.

**Simmo!** · 8th March 2006, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Slotster!

Argh! I clicked the wrong one. I'm actually 1024x768, not the one I clicked. Idiot.

What did you click? I'll change it.

CM: Thanks for those stats

**tim5ny** · 8th March 2006, 03:15 PM

1024X768 is prolly the most common these days. 800X600 is so 90's!

**BubbleG** · 8th March 2006, 04:31 PM

I have the bad boy of monitors

)

24'' Dell (2405FPW)

1920 x 1600 resolution or 4 times poker screens, winamp and msn without any overlap all on screen at the same time...... This is probably the best thing i've ever bought!!

**Slotster!** · 8th March 2006, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by Simmo!

What did you click? I'll change it.

CM: Thanks for those stats

1280x768!

**AussieDave** · 8th March 2006, 04:47 PM

Simmo,

The rule of thumb these day used by web dev's is 1024x768, although some are starting to implement 1280x768. If it's browser base you could always implement browser sniffing and then use css's for the apropriate screen sizes.

**nafanny29** · 8th March 2006, 05:14 PM

For Web browsing, and casinos i use 1024x768, for poker 1600x1200. Dell 2001 here, not quite the mighty 2405 BubbleG but not bad

**spearmaster** · 8th March 2006, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Trezz

Simmo,

The rule of thumb these day used by web dev's is 1024x768, although some are starting to implement 1280x768. If it's browser base you could always implement browser sniffing and then use css's for the apropriate screen sizes.

I agree with the browser sniffing - I did that on Got2Bet.

However, I disagree about the rule of thumb - this should still be 800x600 even if the majority of users are now on 1024x768 - for the simple reason that you cannot ignore 12-15% of users who haven't moved up in resolution - it's not because of older monitors, it's usually because of failing eyesight - or perhaps slightly older notebooks (like one of mine). These people typically have a bit more play money too.

I'm on 1280x1024 - it's fine for me, even 1024x768 looks small to me now. But a site developed for 800x600 still looks fine on my screen.

At the very least, you must find a way to support those users who still use 800x600 - this is far more important than trying to support the 10-12% of users using Firefox.