960 pixels wide instead of 760

Originally we had decided to go with a site that had a width of 760 pixels. There were two reasons: 14% of internet users still have display screens at 800×600 and we thought it would be easier for users with iPhones to browse a narrower site.

Well, we were coming across several challenges trying to fit all the information we want to show in just 760 pixels of space. We definitely wanted to go with a width of 960. The only limitation is the iPhone. So, during the past few days, we worked doing several experiments with iPhones, including having sites with several columns. The conclusion is simple: If your site only has one column of text, having a width of 760 pixels doesn’t make much of a difference over 960 pixels. In both cases users will have to zoom the text and scroll left and right, constantly, to read through the text.

As a result, we decided with Maestro to go with a new width of 960 pixels for the common browsers and, in the future, work on templates specially designed for PDAs like the iPhone. I hope this strategy works well.

Alex

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Alexander is LetMeGo's co-founder and jefe. Here is his LetMeGo profile. You can follow him on Twitter @torrenegra.

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