Web page size has become a rather heated issue over the past year so I
wanted to take some time to clarify a few things.

Recently, we had a new client that wanted a new website built. Their
biggest concern was how it looked on their computer. The problem is that
their particular monitor belonged on a notebook computer with a 15” screen
running a rather strange resolution.

According to w3schools.com, as of January of 2008, 86% of ALL user are
using resolutions 1024 X  768 pixels or greater. After checking more
resources, I have seen numbers indicating that it could be actually more
than 90%. Only 8% are still using a monitor resolution size of 800 X 600
pixels.

The bottom line is that when having your website built you should build it
to fit the majority of your visitors computers, not your own. This
particular customer only wanted the website to look perfect on their own
system. The result is that the page size they wanted would look small and
dated on majority of the monitors in the world.

After doing more research, I found a great source for Display Resolution
Statistics
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp

Another great resource for this type of web information is:
http://www.thecounter.com