Website users

The hardware and software used by your users are different.

The most important thing is to understand your audience (users).

What monitor do they use?

Remember that not all users on the web use the same monitor as you. If you design web pages for the actual resolution of 1024x768, some visitors using low-resolution monitors may encounter problems when reading your web pages.

Although some users are still using monitors with a resolution of 640x480, 800x600 is the trend for low-resolution standards. W3SCHOOL is designed to support resolutions above 1024x768.

If you are among the developers with extremely high resolution, make sure to use different low-resolution monitors to test your web pages.

One wise method when designing web page layouts is to design a part of the page with variable size, so that it can adapt to larger or smaller resolution displays.

What browser do they use?

Both major browsers (Netscape and Microsoft) have their own features and quirks, which you must consider when designing web pages.

If you value your website, please remember to test each page with different types of browsers.

Currently, the most common browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

In addition, some visitors may use plain text browsers such as Lynx, or they may access your site through an online service similar to AOL. Some of these browsers may not display web pages as you expect.

It is wise to use strict, formal, and correct HTML (or XHTML). Strict and correct coding always helps browsers display your page correctly.

What plugins do they install?

Some elements in certain web pages, such as sound and video clips, or other multimedia content, may require the use of separate programs (helper applications or plugins).

Please do not use these elements on your web page unless you can ensure that visitors have the right to use the necessary software to view them.

How to help people with disabilities?

Some people have severe vision or hearing problems. These users may also need to access your site.

Some of them will use Braille or language-based browsers to try to read your site. Remember that if you do not provide some text-based alternatives to images and other graphic elements, all visual content will be ineffective.

Designing websites for people with disabilities is not easy, but there is one small thing you can do - at least for people with low vision - make your web page font size adjustable.

Users are browsers

If you think that general users will read your web page completely, then you are wrong.

No matter how useful the information you post on the web page is, a visitor will only spend a few seconds browsing before deciding whether to continue reading.

If you want users to read your text, make sure to state your viewpoint in the first sentence of the page paragraph. Additionally, you need to use short paragraphs and interesting titles throughout the page.