Web site resolutions

[JetBlackRX89]

Most sites are designed for 800 x 600 resolutions. My computer looks best with a 1024 x 768 resoltuion. However, when I visit websites its VERY VERY annoying how small the site is relative to the internet explorer window width. When I set it to 800 x 600, the site takes up the full window and looks much better, but my desktop and other programs look big and clunky on my monitor.

Is there a way to get "the best of both worlds" and somehow enlarge websites to display in 800 x 600 resolutions while surfing the net so that most sites will fill the entire internet explorer window like they should, but while keeping 1024 x 768 for my desktop and other programs?

[tandoc]

don't maximise the window.

[JetBlackRX89]

i like to view websites maximized though to take up the full screen

[Daniel]

I use 1280x1024 resolution and I'm not complaining...

[jerry4dos]

I remember once seeing a little icon in the System Tray that would let you switch quickly from one resolution to another. I found these directions for Win98,
http://www.viewz.com/aol/dijit/dijtip81.shtml
but I can't make it work in my office's Win2K -- there's no option for an icon in the Display Properties -- although I'm not ruling out that it's something that's been disabled by the IT people. They hate it when I tweak things.

[link92]

I use a 2560x1600 display, and you're complaining :p

My browser window is at 1272x1444...

[JetBlackRX89]

It's not just a rediculous complaint. Sometimes there are things I like viewing full screen while visiting websites and it doesnt work out if they have a set width. There might be a cool flash animation but it gets squished smaller by a large resolution. I just wanna view websites the way the designers intended it to look without the gaps of space.

I know I could keep changing my resolution every time I open internet explorer but that would get annoying after a while.