How to deal with "widescreen" monitors

Ok I am quite computer savvy but I am not sure how to deal with this one...

I have been working on developing a web site...I put some things in place and they look fine when I look at them on a standard monitor.

I was at the local library though and went to show a change to my wife and the images looked horrible. They realy seemed to be destorted by the wide screen monitor....is there a simople way to fix this?

Joel

I would post my web site but I am not quite ready for a critique yet...

The only problem with widescreen is where you want to have the main frame / part of your website.
If you say centre, then there is alot of space along the left and right.

In my webiste my mainframe / center frame is about 800 - 850 pixels wide.
I decided to have 100 - 125 pixels on the left frame and fill the rest with the right frame percentual

This together with the right settings should give a good result.

IMPORTANT. I noticed myself that when using a widescreen you should use the maximum resolution. Otherwise your screen is noth that sharp as it should be. I am having an Eizo Color Edge CE210 W (1680 x1050 Pixels) and am very pleased with it.