>What is 1208? ;-) I think you mean 1206.

Sorry, yes I meant 1206.

>It has never been the norm, at least since this century.
>Other than for power/spacing reasons, we never use 1206.
>I was told 0805 and 1206 would become not recommended
>for new design back in year 2000. 0603 was the normal then.
>I think 0603/0402 are the norm for my previous employer ...

Oh sure for production, where everything is placed with automated machinery, 
and never going to be removed from the PCB.

>But for hobbyists, 1206 is fine, 0805 should be fine as well.

And the OP appeared to be asking as a hobbyist - at least to me. If he was 
asking from a production environment - well, I doubt it would be a question 
...

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