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I absolutely do browse at about 500px width on workstation (with 30" 2560x1600 displays). I typically resize my browser window when reading this site, for example. For reading text, a fairly narrow column is easier to read (and easier to stack next to a bunch of work-related windows too). I just measured how narrow HN gets and it is 535px (Safari, typical font settings). Even if we were to stipulate that I am a weirdo and that most people using a PC leave the browser wide, I still don't think you are correct on the numbers. Even just considering smartphones and PCs, we really do already have a huge variety of screen resolutions, already. Consider that 320, 480, 640, 960 are the possible pixel widths of just the last two models of iPhone. Then throw all the other smartphones with different screen technologies and slightly different screen sizes, and you get just about every meaningful increment from 320 up to 960, and now you are in laptop PC territoty. Throw in the upcoming iPad clones, plus (I hope) a new crop of decent 7" tablets, and I don't think your 99.9% estimate is even close (I'd hazard a guess of something like 75% and decreasing, but who knows). So, while I don't personally make websites, I do use a lot of them (on screens ranging from 3.5" to 30"), and I really appreciate the responsive HTML movement as a customer. |