I'm currently designing for 1024, however make sure you don't make your website exactly that width as, if the page needs to scroll, you will lose a few pixels
Yeah - I tend to aim for about 980px these days. It'll be while before we move away from that, because there's no need for a lot of corporations to have larger than 15" (1024x768) monitors.
Wondering about which screen resolution do you make the webpage for?
Is there a "the typical one"? Is not the 1024x768 been it for a long time?
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