[Noah]

What sizes do I leave out (or include) these days?
So far I've included: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024.

But after those it gets kind of iffy. 1600x1200, 2560x1600, 1440x900???? There's too many. Any ideas? I'm stumped.

[steveb]

Those aren't resolutions. Those are sizes. There is an important difference and you should understand it if you're doing computer graphics.

I do my wallpapers 1024x768 pixels at 72 dpi resolution.

[Snowshiro]

To be fair, I think the word resolution has been used like this for years -certainly enough to enter the common parlance. Even monitor manufacturers use it to describe their products. Take this for example from the Dell website:

"Current high-resolution LCDs available on Dell notebook computers can display resolutions as high as 1600 x 1200 on a 14.1- or 15-inch screen and 1920 x 1200 on a 15.4-inch screen."

[steveb]

Well, to be fair, you're absolutely correct that the word has been used that way for years. Wrongly.

It makes no difference what you call anything, of course. Like Humpty-Dumpty, a word means whatever you decide it means.

I should say that the confusion between size and resolution causes major fuck-ups in the printing industry and I've been a victim of it too often to feel very lenient about it!

[pgo]

We make corporate wallpapers for holidays and such. In these sizes...

Widescreen
1920x1200
1680x1050

Standard
1280x1024
1024x768

Most people who would be running 1600x1200 are probably using widescreen now.

[2Dfruit]

i use 1440 x 900. nice big space to work with and fuctions well as a WS monitor for me 360.

[longisland6]

you've got to have 1920x1200... at least for those big monitor type of people.

[Noah]

alright then. my list is now:

800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, (1680x1050 or 1600x1200) and 1920x1200

thanks for the help.

[cjgraphix]

You could probably drop the 800x600 soon. Checking my site stats I get 0-.2% of traffic using 8x6.