What's the standard “minimum” resolution I should support with a website? [duplicate]

Answer 1

I'd take a look at those statistics: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp.

As of January 2009, only 4% of people visiting W3Schools are using 800x600 as resolution. The remaining, are using at least 1024x768.

Beware of how much of that 4% could be part of you users, though.

Answer 2

Can I also suggest you test a maximum resolution as well. Many sites are unusable (without zooming) at 1920x1200 due to people using fixed font sizes and the like.

Answer 3

1024x768 is fine. Most people have that resolution setting and the ones who don't won't have a heavily compromised user experience. Also, to ensure your page fits nicely into the browser, taking into account scroll-bars and such, make the with of your pages 960px.

Answer 4

Definitely 1024 wide (as in 980px or so usable), but please don't design for a fixed height.

Answer 5

From an article in Jacob's Nielsen Alertbox called Screen Resolution and Page Layout:

Optimize Web pages for 1024x768, but use a liquid layout that stretches well for any resolution, from 800x600 to 1280x1024.

Answer 6

Look to the Netbooks for a new minimum. I'd say 1024x600 is reasonable.

Edit: You can always look to any number of sites that give you statistics on browser usage. Here's one that Google turned up for me:

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp