display question

[Linda Woods Hyman]

go to the section "graphs" for fast access to lots of info...(this is so
cool!)

>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:40:08 -0800 (PST)
>From: Kevin Justie <kjustie at nslsilus.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: display question

>>how many would say that most library PCs are still using 256 display?
>>Also, do most libraries have the display set to 640 x 480?  
>
>I asked this same question a little over a month ago, but no one was
>aware of any statistics on monitor settings (though there were plenty
>of good reasons offered for not designing around a particular monitor
>size or resolution, which was not my reason for asking the question).
>
>Just last night, however, in a book I was reading on web navigation
>("Web navigation : designing the user experience,"  Jennifer Fleming. 
>O'Reilly & Associates 1998 ) I came across a reference to an extremely
>detailed survey of web users, including monitor data, done annually by
>the <fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger>Graphics, Visualization &
>Usability Center, an academic research center affiliated with Georgia
>Tech's College of Computing</bigger></fontfamily>.  The main URL for
>the survey results is http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/, and the
>page with links to monitor info is at
>http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-1998-04/graphs/graphs.html

Linda Woods Hyman
Pacific Bell Education First
NE 287
Department of Educational Technology
San Diego State University
San Diego  CA  92182
(619) 594-4414
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired