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On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:43:36 -0500, "Jim Davis"
<newsmonkey@vboston.com> wrote:

>From a usability perspective however the point is moot.  The abilty to
>enlarge a window bigger than the screen res IS there, but the number of
>people that do it out of 10,000 can be counted on a leper's bad hand.

Apart from those people with multiple monitors, where the screen size
reported (in most implementations) is that of the primary monitor,
whereas the browser maybe on a secondry monitor which has a larger
resolution...

>> So how is it relevant, and what do you do with it once you get it?
>
>Screen resolution alone is relevant in some ways.  I made some statements
>further up the thread:
>
>"Resolution is an inidication of monitor sizes (it's NOT monitor sizes) and
>can thus be used as an indication of usage/buying trends. 

I still don't see the relevance to web authoring, unless you happen to
be authoring a site about monitor/graphics card sales, and can't use
any of the many more accurate methods of getting data...


> Certain
>resolutions are so device dependent (for example 320x240) that they can be
>used to indicate the audience using that device (in this case PocketPC style
>handheld devices).

Except of course the script doesn't work on any handhelds I know of
(Opera in Nokia communicator maybe...)

>A group using predominantly very large
>resolutions can, at this point at least, be considered more technical than
>groups made up of lower (but not lower than 640x480 which would indicate
>handheld users) resolution users."

Rubbish... Screen size is one of the differentials that PC companies
use to sell their equipment (like processor speed) so your high street
salesman selling is just as likely to be running 1280x1024 as anyone
else IMO.

>I would LOVE somebody like Yahoo to take this job on seriously and do some
>good reports on what they can gather.  

They're useless though, they're expensive, and there are privacy
issues - what you actually want is CC/PP to come to fruition and then
you get accurate information...

Jim.