You don't need to know resolution at all. The user knows what size their
monitor is and they can select the correct image to view. If the image is
larger then their browser then they can just scroll to see the extra.
Determining screen/browser resolution is not 100 % accurate so you shouldn't
try. Just supply the various links and allow the user to choose the one that
they want to download. They can 'try' the various sizes to see which one
they want to download. I don't want a background image on my desktop that
takes up the entire screen, I like to have a border around it so that my
icons are not on the image. Give the user the choice. If you ONLY allowed me
to download the file that would fill my screen I would not be a happy camper
Freedom of choice is a good thing.
Jim Hunter
-------Original Message-------
From: Afan Pasalic
Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 10:33:01
To: Svensson, B.A.T. \(HKG\); Ross Fleming
Cc: Php Win32 list
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] resolution?
I repeat again: it's just for one, only one page, to show wallpaper it
should look like, before user download it! Not a whole site.
----- Original Message -----
From: Svensson, B.A.T. (HKG)
To: Ross Fleming
Cc: Php Win32 list
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] resolution?
You raise a very good point there Ross:
Never violate the users integrity!
A suggestion would be to make the website
first fit lets say display things fitted for a 800x600
resolution, and then have an option menu where the user
can select other resolutions - which then are set during
the rest of the session: that is the user will have
control of things.
It is not good design principles to make the user feel
vulnerable, stupid, or removing control from them.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:06 PM
> To: Afan Pasalic; PHP Windows mailing list
> Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] resolution?
>
>
> You don't. I'd be more than annoyed if a web site could find out details
> that specific to me. The resolution of the screen is inconsequential
> anyway, there's no guarantee that they've got their browser window
> maximised. Web page design shouldn't really be concerned with this type of
> information anyway. Design your page, aim it at 1024*768 (pretty much
> today's standard, if not higher) and note this at the bottom of the page.
> Designed properly it shouldn't be illegible at a different size.
>
> You could if you really wanted to I suppose, specify the size of the
window
> using javascript or whatever.
>
> Ross
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Afan Pasalic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 20 August 2002 18:00
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP-WIN] resolution?
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > how an I find resolution on visitors monitor?
> > I need, according his resolution, use different image size...
> >
> > afan
> >
>
>
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