October 13, 2000
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We’re still in the midst of discussions of whether or not to migrate a couple of sites over to a larger layout grid. This recent evolt.org article on designing to realistic window sizes has proven very useful in decided how to do this, not just whether or not we should. We used a method of measuring client screen size, window dimensions, and bit depth similar to this example on our primary site. The data that we have collected over the last month or so has shown that over 97% of visitors to this site have 800 pixel or wider displays. I know that I was expecting a fairly large number aligned with the other studies that have been done on this subject, but this just blew me away. One of the other more interesting tidbits is that of the plug-in measurable clients (this is defined as Netscape 3.x and later browsers with JavaScript enabled, approximately 20% of our total browser sample) there is 94% penetration rate of Flash, and a 92% penetration rate of QuickTime. We can probably extrapolate that the remaining majority of Microsoft-based browsers would also be supporting these plug-ins, but it’s next to impossible to be perfectly sure. Regardless, these are much higher numbers then any of us had initially expected to see. The design flexibility this affords us is fascinating. Being able to know what your audience is able to interact with on your sites is a powerful thing indeed.
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