Whats the best why to cope with different resolutions

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hi all

can someone point me in the right direction or help me with the following please

i just want to know how you cope for everyones differents screen resolutions as at the mo i am using a pop up window to display the site i am working on but just wondered how you all go about this problem ie do you make you site certain sizes and that kind of thing, as i dont know how to go about this correctly or the best way to do this before i get to far into my site.

please help thanks in advance

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Just pretend everyone has the same resolution. That always works for me.

…or you could use listeners to check for a browser window resize, and move your page elements accordingly.

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yea, the BEST way to cope with this is to just assume that everyone has a smaller screen/resolution than yours. you should also assume that everyone’s monitor is darker than yours too. i beleive that most of the world don’t give a crap about their machines and just use them to view email anyway. so it’s best to design for the lowest common denominator.

i like to start with an 800x600 artboard and work from there. for special project or if i just want something unique i just ignore screen resolution.

so i guess there are 2 solutions. 1) ignore the problem 2) deal with it by limiting your design to smaller than 800x600

:-/

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Thats what i thought, and my site looks stupid in widescreen displays, i gotta work on it. In fact i will deal with that once i finish it offline. Hey, maybe it’ll be finished for the re-boot

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thanks for the reply peps, i guess i will aim to fit a res of 1024 x 768 and go from there cheers :cons:

thanks all if anyone else has any other thoughts please post

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Mostly it’s an issue of how much work you want to do. Aiming for 1024 x 768 probably won’t put you too far wrong, but allow for clutter around the browser (multiple toolbars, etc.). Working with listeners to the Stage object and resizing/re-arranging accordingly can make for some really cool effects, yes it’s harder, but depending on the application it can be well worth it.