I've been a web designer for years, off and on, and I'm in the middle
of re-designing my blog at the same time as being asked some design
advice for a few close friends.  Basically, I'm wondering if some
statistics exists that show the most common screen resolution, as I've
been designing for 800x600 and 1024x768 for quite a while now, and it
seems like it should be time to start designing bigger.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 30 Aug 2005 14:11 PDT

Does this provide a fully satisfactory answer to your question?

http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pressbox38.html

Looking at the stats for my own websites would suggest that about 74%
are using a resolution of 1024x768, however almost 14% have 800x600.
Analyzing your visitor stats should give you an informed answer for
your own website. I would suggest that if there is a reasonable
percentage still using 800x600 then you must still consider them when
designing new pages otherwise you risk losing a hefty portion of your
site traffic. Always remember that it can be very irritating if a
surfer has to scroll sideways to view the content of a page.

Hope this helps!

Hi,

Just to add, newer laptops that have widescreen, and most new
flat-panel monitors feature an optimal resolution of 1280x800,
although I doubt there will be a wide majority of these users online
(I'm one of them!)