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  • February 24, 2016 at 11:57 pm #238413
    akash devgan
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    I was reading Ethan Marcotte book on responsive web design. He started grid system using a width of 960px. And I was wondering why 960px what if the width of a target device is more. Like on my PC setting a width to 960px will only extend website to half the size of the screen. Can someone explain it to me please why??

    thank you

    February 25, 2016 at 12:43 am #238414
    Paulie_D
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    How old is the book?

    Monitors have gotten much bigger in recent times and 960 is a handy number.

    In fact there’s a grid system based on it…why

    All modern monitors support at least 1024 × 768 pixel resolution. 960 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 30, 32, 40, 48, 60, 64, 80, 96, 120, 160, 192, 240, 320 and 480. This makes it a highly flexible base number to work with.

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