Sorry guys, I deleted the other thread on accident…cuz I’m stupid.
I thought i would post the work that i have done on the new site that I am working on. They haven’t set up a domain name yet, because they arne’t sure of the name of the band. They have changed it 3 times, and i advised them to not buy a domain until they are sure of their name.
so far its just the navigation that will be in the upper frame. None of the buttons work, but just wanted to see what you thought about the colors and stuff…
I just wanted to show you who frequent the random section to view the progress…
Pom/Montoya/Phil: Thanks for the input. I made the text bigger and white so it is much easier to read, but I will probly end up getting rid of that font all together…Not totally sure yet, but its coming along. Any ideas, critiques, or anything else welcome.
oh I see…I’ll see what i can do, but thats as far down as that is going to be, it won’t be any lower. This site here is mainly for 1024x768 resolution, I am going to redo it for lower resolution…don’t know if you are running1024 but anything less would seem really cramped…
lol…does the site look better to you at that resolution? most designers, and really anyone who uses a computer for more than just papers and IMing generally tends to use 1024 as the minimum resolution…
Actually I do not really believe that my statement is overzealous. I know that the majority of Internet/computer users still use 800600 (because of statistics) because the majority of computer users still are in awe by the power of the computer, and many do not know how to use it. When it comes to knowing how to use a computer for more than just Internet, e-mail and IM, we (us that know more than the average Joe) are the minority. I did not say, 'the majority of the population uses 1024760 resolution.’ Not to sound like a **** but don’t read into what I say too much, because you were putting words in my mouth.
reverandflash I agree that most designers and programmers use at least 1024x768
thats exactly what I said, and I meant nothing more.
and the typical user only uses their computer for internet papers and IMing. If you take a poll of everyone on my campus, and you ask them what they use their computers for… you’ll get 80% of the people here saying “only for papers, Iming and e-mail” and if you ask these same people what their screen resolution is you will most likely get ‘huh?!’ as your response. The other 20% are Computer Science majors…
Oh, and since I use a 1024 resolution then I generally tend to design for a 1024 resolution initially and then I change the coding to make it form to other resolutions. Once I am finished I will change my computer setting to 800*600 and I will make another site in that resolution.
I wasn’t trying to put words in your mouth, but I was speaking of people not necessarily on college campuses… I think you may have that demographic nailed, but it isn’t representative of the rest of society (in America at least).
I visit a lot of business, and people’s homes in my work, and they do a lot more than just papers and IMing… they visit websites, like yours and mine, they surf Amazon, they visit sports sites, entertainment sites, e-bay, etc.
As a matter of fact, most of my contacts don’t even use any kind of IM, or chat for that matter, and rarely use their computer for “papers.”
I did not mean to diminish anything you said, just that there is a large world out there, and you made a pretty general statement about how people use their computers, skewed from a limited slice of society.
The default resolution from Windows and Mac OS is still 800x600. Many people never change their default settings… they are just afraid to… And laptops are still using 800x600…
One more time, it is your site, make it whatever size you want…I did not intend to offend in any way. You know who will visit your site better than anyone.
Rev: I was not offended by your statement at all, although my post may have seemed a little heated, it is just because I am sick and edgy. I did not mean to snap back. I apologize…
originally posted by Reverandflash I visit a lot of business, and people’s homes in my work, and they do a lot more than just papers and IMing… they visit websites, like yours and mine, they surf Amazon, they visit sports sites, entertainment sites, e-bay, etc.
These are what I call typical users. They use their computers for papers, IMing, and visiting websites. I did not mean that all typical users do all of these things. They use the default resoultion because they don’t know any better. Anyone who really knows anything about computers and the abilities of computers generally tends to use a higher resolution.
My experience is not limited to college campus. I just used that example because it was most evident here. Yes there is much of the world that I have not seen, but the things that I have been through and the things that I have seen are things that I would not wish on anyone. I know the statistics and I accidently made a broad general statement.
I’m a little sensitive when using terms like “anyone” to relatively inexperienced people… :evil: a character flaw on my part.
just as an afterthought tho, some people who do know a lot about computers still use 800x600 due to their eyesight, or monitor size…
Eilsoe: you are right, my portfolio section is 1024x768, due to the fact that most people who visit that portion will be viewing at that resolution (I hope)…
