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Designing for Small Screens

Small-screen formats are still the standard for many users. Although larger formats are making progress, even 800 x 600 pixels is too large to fit on millions of displays. For example, there are millions of older Macintosh-compatible displays currently in use, many of which display a maximum of 640 x 480 pixels.

To accommodate a broad spectrum of users, including those using small screens, design for 640 x 480 pixels.  For usability with small screens, keep the average line of text to approximately 12 words.


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