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An ultimate guide to selecting the perfect artboard size for desktop
First of all, thanks to everyone for giving so much love to An ultimate guide to selecting the perfect artboard size for mobile
Since then I’ve been receiving a lot of people asking me to write an article for web/ desktop applications.
As I discussed in my guide for mobile, I have been calculating different screens, dpis, dips, pts, pixels, etc… and tried to find the best way to increase productivity without spending and wasting time to select perfect artboard size for mobile UI design.
I used the same approach to find the perfect artboard size for desktop.
People generally design over 1440 x 900, isn’t that the one we are supposed to use?
Uhmm it is one of the sizes, best fit for Apple’s Macbook devices but not the only size to design for all. There are various sizes available in several design tools to choose from, those are either puzzling or favor certain devices.
Based on what is available on Design tools like Figma and Adobe XD, there are a lot of disparities. As we know…
