Comments on: What does rising netbook popularity mean for web designers?

By: KJ

KJ — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:17:28 +0000

A good article and I have to admit it’s not something I’ve really considered before despite owning a netbook. I think part of the reason is because most of the sites I use are already well designed and work on my tiny 8.9″ screen at 1024*600. I think vertical scrolling may or may not be problematic since everyone expects vertical scrolling on a website anyway… but it’s still something that needs to be considered given the reduction in screen real estate.

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By: frog

frog — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:46:29 +0000

“web designers should cater to the reduced vertical resolution of the netbook crowd”

Great point. Thing vertical limit applies to most wide screen formats. Widescreen laptops may boost a wider viewing area but causes designs limitations when your asked to design ‘within the fold’.

Thanks for the thought provoking comment Tyler

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:46:55 +0000

I’m having some issues on a few websites w/ my Dell Mini9. I LOVE the netbook, but some flashed based sites don’t allow rescaling (a great feature of Firefox using Ctrl+ or Ctrl-, but doesn’t work on some flash windows). I was thinking along the lines of the author… web designers should cater to the reduced vertical resolution of the netbook crowd.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:40:02 +0000

I treated myself to one of these last week and i have to say, so far so good. Lovely design, great storage and speed and comes with Linux – seems easy to use for a ‘Windows’ person like me