User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Layout Changes: Breakpoints and Typography/@comment-1250011-20150527041809/@comment-24409505-20150531160813


 * apparently you've counted "other wide" as "below 1920px", when it could easily mean "above 1920px" instead

No, I did this: 33% (1366x768) + 7% (1280x1024) + 5% (1280x800) + 4% (1024x768) + 0.3% (800x600) + 2% (lower) + (from "other high": 7% (1440x900) + 6% (1600x900) + 4% (1680x1050) + 2% (1360x768)) = 70.3%, I didn't count the 9.7% "Other high resolutions", because the resolutions are unknown.

Of course you're right that 1600px is Desktop XL. The 70.3% percentage was just to prove Hassat's claim false that 1920px is the standard, when in reality 70.3% use a resolution lower than 1920px. If I count all screens of 1600px and up, I get 16+6+4+3+1=30%, but an additional 9.7% may be added if we count "Other high resolutions", which still is not the majority!


 * I'm unsure whether or not people with exactly 1600px wide screens are Desktop or Desktop XL due to the width of the scrollbar. Could someone whose screen supports a 1600px width please confirm?

I don't have a widescreen, but in Firefox there's a tool called "Responsive design view" where you can test a website in any resolution you want (and even rotate the screen, test touch movements and take screenshot). So I've tested Wikia in 1600px and apparently the breakpoint isn't at 1600px, but at 1596px.

Edit: Some values in the table in the blog post seem to be wrong, see my next reply.