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When a webmaster begins the process of designing a website there are a few major elements and aspects that he or she needs to take into account before they start the job. These major aspects include color scheme and variance, layout, design and user-friendliness. However, one of the most important aspect a webmaster needs to think about when choosing these elements is what display resolution the website will use.

The display resolution of every website varies according to the resolution the users of that website use while browsing the web. If it is speculated that the majority of the users will use a certain resolution, then the webmaster must therefore build the website and website design to cater for the needs of those users.

It is very important that your users be comfortable with the visual aspects of your website and be able to see everything that is displayed on the page. There is nothing worse for a user than to have to constantly either zoom in/out or to have to scroll up/down in order to see everything. The ease-of-use of your website can be the reason a user will return to your website or leave it forever.

There are two ways to predict the display resolution of your potential users: target market analysis and display resolution statistics. The target market your website hopes to reach should give you some idea of the types of resolutions you should be catering for. For example: the more technologically inclined your users are, the higher their resolution will be. Display resolution statistics also play an extremely important part in this decision and can also allow you to see the future trends of the market. You can find a detailed reports on the subject in the Display Resolution Statistics of 2009.

When designing your website, you should also always try to cater for more than one market of users and not only the largest percentage. You cannot make everyone happy, but the goal is to minimize the number of unhappy users.