What are some potiential differences in how graphics will appear on the screen to people using different monitors and operating systems?

From my experience with using different monitors, the graphics vary mainly in color.  This varies even by brand of monitor, not to mention size.  This will affect how anyone sees your web page on their own monitor.  Hopefully the message you are trying to convey will get across even though how you saw it when you designed it may not be exactly how someone else sees it.  Size is another way it is affected.  I used to prefer the more square monitors because it was more appealing to me, but now after using this wider monitor with my classes I think I would prefer this type of monitor at home as well.  There is less scrolling with a wide monitor, so the page is bigger.   It can also be a problem as well if you are designing and you design for the larger screen you have more space to fill and if you fill it with type it might not be as appealing with the user of a smaller monitor, due to the scrolling or just the general look when it first comes up.  I do like the wider screen when using the cs4 programs however because you can move your toolboxes around where you want them and not worry about covering what your working on.  You are able to see both.

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