what resolution is recommended for developing c# websites...

[trint]

On my development computer, the new site looks and acts great.
But when I ask a coleage to check it, the pages never look right:
example:

1. the gridviews are always overlaping text.

2. some of the controls are in various places on the page
like where they should not be.

I have (what appears to be) the tables, rows, columns and cells set
correctly.

Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks,
Trint

 

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trint,
This isn't really a C# language issue, it's more of a generic ASP.NET issue
and probably would have been better placed in the ASP.NET group.

All I can ask is -- are you using VS 2005 with the built in web dev server,
or are you using IIS? If IIS, should not see these problems.
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On my development computer, the new site looks and acts great.
But when I ask a coleage to check it, the pages never look right:
example:

1. the gridviews are always overlaping text.

2. some of the controls are in various places on the page
like where they should not be.

I have (what appears to be) the tables, rows, columns and cells set
correctly.

Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks,
Trint

Don't build the site for a specific screen resolution. Try it out with
the browser window in different sizes. You don't have to have the
browser maximised, you know...

You should also try what happens when you resize the browser window.
That tells you a lot about what happens at different sizes.

Select a minimum resolution that you expect your visitors to have, like
800x600 or 1024x768, depending on the target audience. Make sure that
the site works well at that size and above, and that it is at least
usable for the few that might have a lower resolution.

Generally your site would have a minimum size for the content, so that
scroll bars appear if the browser window is too small. Remember that
scrolling vertically is very common, while having to scroll horisontally
is quite irritating.

 

[trint]

Don't build the site for a specific screen resolution. Try it out with
the browser window in different sizes. You don't have to have the
browser maximised, you know...

You should also try what happens when you resize the browser window.
That tells you a lot about what happens at different sizes.

Select a minimum resolution that you expect your visitors to have, like
800x600 or 1024x768, depending on the target audience. Make sure that
the site works well at that size and above, and that it is at least
usable for the few that might have a lower resolution.

Generally your site would have a minimum size for the content, so that
scroll bars appear if the browser window is too small. Remember that
scrolling vertically is very common, while having to scroll horisontally
is quite irritating.

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Göran Andersson
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Göran Andersson,
Thanks for the correct answer to this.
Trint

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

I have read that the recommended standard is 1024x768 , but there are still
people recommending 800x600 so this is not by far a exact number.

On my development computer, the new site looks and acts great.
But when I ask a coleage to check it, the pages never look right:
example:

1. the gridviews are always overlaping text.

How are you sizing your cells?

2. some of the controls are in various places on the page
like where they should not be.

How do you place those controls in their spots?
Do you use tables?
Do not move them in the IDE designer and expect them to see correcly in
other computers !