Whats the most common resolution (screen size) to visit you?

[Peter]

Another factor to remember is TFT screens have an optimum resolution. 15" TFT normally go at 1024 x 768. 17 and 18" normally at 1280 x 1024.

With the proliferation of TFT and the drop in prices these resolutions will become more popular.

[carbonize]

Make the resolution issue moot. Design in Flash and publish for 100% and no margins.

Yes then you only discourage dial up users who don't want to wait for a large flash file to download. Not to mention people who use text only browsers not being able to view your site.

[matauri]

1024x768 - 57%
800x600 - 20%
1600x1200 - 10%
1152x864 - 8%
1280x1024 - 3%

Agreed, you also design to target audience. Like you dont have a small font on a site that would be used more by the elderly.

However, if you stay away from fixed linear attributes & design to 100% of the screen size, you can pretty well overcome most problems.

Also, for the norm, people will eventually upgrade, not downgrade hardware.

[DylanW]

Other - 1.4%
560x420 - 0.5%
640x480 - 1.1%
800x600 - 44.7%
832x624 - 0.0%
1024x768 - 43.7%
1152x864 - 2.5%
1280x1024 - 4.8%
1400x1050 - 0.8%
1600x1200 - 0.5%

[plenderj]

Stats as reported by our http://counter-intelligence.ie service for the main counter-intelligence.ie webpage (last 1000 hits) :

1024x768 739 73.9%
800x600 174 17.4%
1280x1024 54 5.4%
1600x1200 13 1.3%
1152x864 11 1.1%
1400x1050 3 0.3%
1280x960 2 0.2%
2048x768 1 0.1%
1280x800 1 0.1%
1152x900 1 0.1%
800x480 1 0.1%

[4silverstrea]

Someone also pointed out in another forum that when you use the larger screen,
people with phones with screens and Blackberries can’t read them as well because there is too much scrolling..