Web Design: Old School is Old

This article on ITworld.com talks about three old school web design issues that used to be BIG issues in the day before broadband. The author talks about how, unless you are "building pages for your local Windows 95 user group" you need to move on from worrying about;

1. Limited Screen Resolution - the days of 640 x 480 pixels are long gone, the majority of Web surfers now use screen resolutions 1024 x 768 or higher.
   
2. The Browser-Safe Color Palette - also out the door are the limited number of colours you had to choose from. They were 216 colors that never seemed to include the colors you needed.
   
3. Multimedia Avoidance Syndrome - don't lose any sleep at night over whether your multimedia is going will fit down the phoneline. With many users connecting with broadband it's safer to add to Flash and video to your sites now.