If you haven’t noticed, this design is not meant for those with a resolution of 800x600 and that was done on purpose.  This is my personal website.  Note the keyword in personal.  Not one of my computers (and I have five) have a resolution lower than 1024 and most of them are above that.  That’s why I choose a larger design.  For me!  My site, my perogative.

After being up and running for one full day, and having over 600 unique visitors and over 1,500 page views, I see that less than 1% of my visitors have a resolution of 800x600.  Most of you have 1280x1024, with 1024x768 coming in second.  Then comes 1600x1200 (mainly me I think), followed by a few 1152x864. 

I definitely think that 800x600 has it’s place and I do design most of my sites with that in mind. I’m still toying with the idea of offering an alternative style-sheet here, which would be dependent on screen resolution, so the few of you out there still sporting the 800x600 aren’t completely left out.  But then I have to weigh if the 1% is worth it.  Because I’m utilizing floats, the far right sidebar will simply flow to the bottom of the page for those of you with the smaller resolution.  Is that the end of the world? For 1% of you, I don’t really think so. 

I thought it would really bug me not having something within the 800x600, but honestly, it feels good.  It’s comfortable and dammit, I like it!