Here are the results of my little "What is your screen resolution and bitdepth whilst browsing" poll. This poll was specifically targeted at people using/interested in
RISC OS [4], although they would not necessarily have to be using a RISC OS machine to do their browsing with. In short, the results should somewhat reflect the screen settings of people who are the target audience of RISC OS related websites.
The results of this little poll have helped me in making some decisions about the new design for our website and I post these results here in the hope that they may be useful to others as well.
Please keep in mind though that at least from 1024x768 upwards many people don't let their browser window cover the entire screen (especially not under
RISC OS [5]). On my machine Oregano (demo version) opens its initial window with a width of 812 pixels whilst being in a 1024x768 mode.
The 1600x1200's were mostly people with Viewfinder cards and also remember that not everybody uses (solely) RISC OS machines to do their browsing.
Some notes about the count: Resolutions smaller than 640x480 were counted as 640x480. All other "non-standard" resolutions were "rounded" down to the nearest standard resolution. Bitdepths smaller than 8 were counted as 8 bit. Bitdepth 15 was counted as 16 and bitdepth 24 was counted as 32.
Bitdepth -> Colours:
8 -> 256
16 -> 32K
32 -> 16M
Count Perc Width x Height x Bitdepth
2 1.7% 640 x 480 x 8
8 7.1% 800 x 600 x 8
7 6.3% 800 x 600 x 16
20 17.9% 1024 x 768 x 8
37 33.0% 1024 x 768 x 16
2 1.7% 1024 x 768 x 32
3 2.7% 1152 x 864 x 8
1 0.9% 1152 x 864 x 16
16 14.3% 1280 x 1024 x 8
4 3.6% 1280 x 1024 x 16
4 3.6% 1280 x 1024 x 32
3 2.7% 1600 x 1200 x 8
1 0.9% 1600 x 1200 x 16
4 3.6% 1600 x 1200 x 32
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112 100.0%
Percentage table per resolution (bitdepth independant)
Perc Width x Height
1.7% 640 x 480
13.4% 800 x 600
52.7% 1024 x 768
3.6% 1152 x 864
21.5% 1280 x 1024
7.1% 1600 x 1200
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100.0%
Inclusion Table:
This shows what percentage of (RISC OSsy) people would be able to correctly see a website targeted at a specific (minimum) resolution.
7.1% 1600 x 1200
28.6% 1280 x 1024
32.2% 1152 x 864
84.9% 1024 x 768
98.3% 800 x 600
100.0% 640 x 480
Exclusion Table:
Cummulative Percentage table per resolution (bitdepth independant). This shows what percentage of (RISC OSsy) people would
NOT be able to correctly see a website targeted at a specific (minimum) resolution.
Perc Width x Height
1.7% 800 x 600
15.1% 1024 x 768
67.8% 1152 x 864
71.4% 1280 x 1024
92.9% 1600 x 1200
Percentage table per bitdepth (resolution independant):
46.4% 8
44.7% 16
8.9% 32
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100.0%
Many thanks to all who took part in the poll, your input is very much appreciated.
