The sanction of the screen and marking of pages

One of the asked questions on my rate on "Web" - « Under what sanction we should do{make} the dizajny? » The full answer will be little bit odd, but the basic advice{councils} are obvious:

* Optimize under 1024kh768 is the most widespread size of the screen. Undoubtedly, to be guided it is necessary on the sanction of screens of your target audience, and in the future the size will vary. The size can already be another if, say, you create intranet for the company which gives out to the employees the big monitors.

* It is not necessary to create sites only under the certain size of the screen as the sizes of screens of users differ. It is a lot of distinctions, as users not always "maximize" the browsers (especially if at them the big screens).

* Use "floating" dizajny which are stretched{dragged out} under the concrete size of a window of the user (avoid static dizajnov which always one size).

To today about 60 % of all monitors are adjusted under the sanction in 1024kh768 pixels. For comparison - about 17 % expose 800kh600, therefore it is quite obvious, what not so important to be aimed at users with small displays. Also it is obvious, that it is impossible to ignore these of 17 % and to give the users such marking of page which demands more free space, than is at the user actually.

Optimization under 1024kh768

When I speak "optimization", I have that your page should look and work optimum on the most widespread sanction in a kind. Thus she should look and work well on other sizes, therefore I and recommend "floating" design. But he should be the best at the sanction 1024kh768.

Three most important criteria for optimization of Internet - pages under the certain size of the screen:

* The primary review: whether all key information without scrolling page is visible to users? It is the compromise between quantity{amount} of the shown subjects and as far as each subject is in details shown.

* Udobochitaemost`: as far as it is easy to read the text in different columns with the certain width?

* An aesthetics: as far as your page, when at all elements correct the sizes and a correct arrangement well looks? Whether all elements are correctly built - for example, whether there is a signature near to a photo, etc.?

It is necessary for you to hold in a head these three criteria at all possible{probable} sanctions, constantly changing the size of a window of a browser from 800kh600 up to 1280kh1204. All should look at a high level at all sanctions.

Also your site should work at smaller and at bigger sizes, but such situations are less critical. Less than half-percent{half-interest} of users work with the sanction 640kh480. Thus for such users your site should be displayed is quite comprehensible with maximum deviations.

As speaks the first criterion - it is necessary to take always in attention scrolling of page. Usually to not like users scrolling (in my new book it is in details described together with statistics which shows, how much users scroll various types of pages). So, when you do{make} design, you should take into account how much information users will see if will scroll one or two full screens.

Scrolling and the primary review depend on the size of the screen: the more the screen, the is more than information he shows and the it is necessary to do{make} scrollings less. Here you also should be engaged in optimization for 1024kh768: to show the most important material not resorting to scrolling (together with it it is necessary to be convinced, that the critical information remain seen at the sanction 800kh600).

So, as on the bill of tiny screens, for example mobile devices. The "Floating" design should change the scale under mobile phone, but do not think, that so it is necessary to do{make} a site of your company. The environment of mobile phones has the specificity; to optimize a site under the mobile device, it is necessary to create separate service which will give less functions, it will be written it is more compressed, and which will be focused on the maintenance{contents} of a site.

The big screens

At many users the big screens. At the moment about 18 % use at least the sanction equal 1280kh1024 to pixels. The percent{interest} of users with the big screens grows, but not as I would want it.

The big monitors - the most simple way to raise{increase} productivity, and any who earns a minimum of $50,000 in one year, should have the sanction of the screen not less 1600kh1200. The flat display with such sanction costs{stands} less $500. Therefore while the big displays raise productivity at least on 0.5 %, you pay back the investment less than for a year (typical corporate waybills double costs of the company on the employee; always remember, that in any calculation of productivity it is necessary to use cost of jobs, instead of the salary).

Apple and Microsoft have published reports which purpose was to count up growth of productivity from the big monitors. Unfortunately, results did not give good figures because there were methodological mistakes. My experience shows, that when users do{make} the job on the big monitors provisional growth of productivity is equaled 5-10 %. These percent{interests} are translated in growth of productivity approximately in 0.5-1 % on one person who does{makes} the job focused on use of the monitor of 10 % from one day. No, that the big monitor costs{stands} the money.

Personally I use the display with the sanction in 2048kh1536 pixels, and I do not name at all such monitor big. During the following of 10 years, I expect, that use 5000kh3000 monitors becomes usual business, at least among professionals.

Since 1600kh1200, users seldom stretch{drag out} the browsers in all screen because few Internet - sites well work on such sanctions. The big windows is a magic in an operating time with tables, with graphic design, and with many other problems{tasks}, but not with the present{true} paradigm of Internet - sites. Today, Internet - users with the big screens utilize additional free space several windows and parallel surfing on the Internet.

That in the future to please Internet - users, is the fastest to us individual pages, and any other paradigm will be necessary not. And the metaphor similar to the news newspaper or on other information board can even, will prove in the best light.

In any case, the need in a new paradigm will not change the present{true} recommendations: optimize under 1024kh768, but do not create design only for this size. Your pages should work on any sanction, from 800kh600 up to 1280kh1024 and more.