2008 is the year of affordable 1440x900 screens for new PC buyers, but what is the display resolution of your audience?75% of web users now have 1024x768 screens, so we can leave designing for 800x600 in the dust. But if you craft a website more than a thousand pixels wide, how much of your audience will you lose?
My read of w3schools' statistics leads me to think it's about two-thirds. So, whenever your graphic designer hands you a template exceeding 1024x768, push back. Just because s/he has dual 1440px wide screens is no excuse to inconvenience >half of your users.
Addendum: Drag this 1024 link from the page onto your Bookmarks Toolbar to create a "bookmarklet" that will resize your browser to 1024px.
