I think of "elastic" as being a hybrid of "fluid" and "fixed". I hear what you're saying regarding fixed widths and wide screens (like a postage stamp on a coffee table), but that said, one thing I wonder about long-term with fluid layouts and increasing screen size is how to scale content when you've got someone using a gigantic monitor (can you visualize one-line articles stretching across three feet of screen real estate?)
Peg On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Dave Sherohman<d...@sherohman.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 12:05:35AM -0700, Glow wrote: >> I normally work with fixed layouts because I find that I have more >> control over the ultimate appearance of the design. But lately I'm >> becoming more interested in fluid or elastic layouts because of their >> greater accessibility. >> >> So, just out of curiosity -- what's your particular preference and why? > > I'm not sure what distinction you make between "fluid" and "elastic", so > I'll just answer "anything but fixed". Screens are getting both larger > and smaller these days, so any fixed width you may choose will either be > a narrow strip down a widescreen HD display, a morass of horizontal > scrolling on a handheld device, or (more likely) both. > > Also keep in mind that HTML/CSS presentation is ultimately decided by > the browser - the user can disable CSS, apply cusom stylesheets to > override your CSS, use a screen reader, etc. - so any "control over the > ultimate appearance" that a fixed width may provide is little more than > an illusion anyhow. > > -- > Dave Sherohman > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
