I don't see the hype in liquid designs. I mean, yea, they fit across all resolutions, but they have the potential to look really really ugly for high resolution monitors. Having one long line of text across the whole screen is just plain ugly. You just lose control of how the end user is going to see the content, images, etc etc on your site when you code for liquid layouts.
Munson, Jacob wrote: > Not to mention, all of this discussion only matters /if/ your are doing > down to the pixel designs. It is my understanding that the design gurus > out there do liquid layouts. I.E., you can resize the browser window to > virtually any resolution and the layout holds its original design. > Personally, I suck at design (heck, I still use table driven design in a > lot of cases!) > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:18 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Developing for 800 x 600 on monitor at higher resolution >> >> I'm not counting scroll bars or the *entire* chrome. I'm >> only counting >> how Windows handles borders when a window is maximized. The >> borders are >> technically still there, but out of sight. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:36 AM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Developing for 800 x 600 on monitor at higher resolution >> >> Is he? Usually with 800 x 600 you only get around 760px width so you >> will not get more. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 23 February 2006 15:44 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: Developing for 800 x 600 on monitor at higher resolution >> >> Wait a minute here. You are saying that a maximized window >> /increases/ >> your screen resolution? So a maximized window in 800x600 >> would give you >> ~820x650? Do you have proof of that, or am I >> misunderstanding? Are you >> only talking Windows, or does that happen in OS X and Linux as well? > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. A1. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233244 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
