February 2006
Intermediate to advanced
826 pages
63h 42m
English
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The statistics
Table 3-2 shows the breakdown of users browsing the Web with various monitor resolutions in late 2005, according to TheCounter (http://www.thecounter.com).
Table 3-2. Resolution statistics as of December 2005 (http://thecounter.com)
|
Resolution |
Usage |
|---|---|
|
640 × 480 |
< 1% |
|
800 × 600 |
20% |
|
1024 × 768 |
56% |
|
1152 × 864 |
3% |
|
1280 × 1024 |
14% |
|
1600 × 1200 |
<1% |
|
Unknown |
2% |
Of course, this is only an approximation based on traffic to a limited set of web sites. The only worthwhile statistics are those culled from your own server logs. You can install software to check browser resolution yourself, or sign up for a tracking service such as TheCounter (free in exchange for ad placement).