Articles on screen resolution

This applies mainly to web design, but it can be applied to software development as well; especially programs using lots of GUI.

http://www.cameraontheroad.com/?p=710

This little snippet here is also good:
http://www.html-faq.com/webdesign/?resolution

According to W3's browser statistics, people are finally on average at 1024x768 resolution, but 800x600 still does exist.

One thing I noticed when going around at that resolution for a little while is that lots of web sites try to cater for 800x600 resolution, but don't actually compensate for the scroll bar and window border.

Lets not forget the worrying trend of laptops to be in wide screen these days

Umm... interesting but does apply everywhere. I'm currently designing my new website and will make it 900x1200 (width/height) and definately quite fixed.

Sure, it will cause pain for the 800x600 users but they are not my "target audience" anyway since it's a personal gfx portfolio site. People who might be interested in me or my work have usually better monitors tha 800x600... and I want to have more space to present my stuff with bigger images and more spacious layout.

I wanted proportions close to paper (A4/legal) so that print-outs would be neat (expect from IE which sucks anyway for not supporting .PNG). Even my second PC, a crappy & cheap laptop, has 1280x800 widescreen.

People who do that should be shot. I can't even bother visiting websites designed for 800x600 (and nothing else) on my 1920x1200 17" monitor. Just too small to bother.

And not just laptops... my desktop monitor is 24" 1920x1200 widescreen.