On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This seems to change the way we design pages for accessibility. At > this point, I'm starting to feel like the only reason to make fluid > layouts is to keep people who have very wide monitors set at a low > resolution (under 100ppi) who use their browser maximized from > complaining. Considering the difference in ppi and total available > pixels on desktop/laptop computers and handheld devices I don't think > fluid layouts help, instead you need diff stylesheets for desktop and > small screen devices to properly serve them. >
This seems to be a hot topic this month. For anyone late to the show, the following blog entry explains it very well: http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2008/10/07/zoom/ I don't think zoom is the end-all for liquid design, but it certainly makes it less rewarding. On the part about making different stylesheets for different devices, the general consensus is that the lack of standards focus in device & software design has led us to a point where it is expected that you will have to build different interfaces & stylesheets for every device that you want to support, whether that's a desktop, iPhone or Wii. Maybe someday we'll have BlueBerry & iBlueprint for mobile designers. For now, I'm just watching the industry to see where things go. -- -- Christian Montoya christianmontoya.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Blueprint CSS" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/blueprintcss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
