Maybe it would be better if people didn't use fixed width tables unless
there is a need. The nav bar, yeah, that should be a fixed width one. But
why not let the browser control the width of the rest of it. That way, it's
compatible with a 160x160 (pixel) screen, to printing, to a 1600x1200
monitor using small fonts.
Just a thought.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Opensrs-Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:39 AM
Subject: Something I always gripe about! web page widths
>
>
> OpenSRS.net is a good example.
> http://www.opensrs.org/multilingual.shtml
>
> Trot along to the page. Ok, I'll use this for reference later on. Print
out
> the web page to staple to the front of the pdf file, (Userdoc.pdf) -and
> bugger it! the navigation column on the left makes the whole page too wide
> to print neatly on an A4 page, clipping the right hand side back to all
> shortened sentences. So I can't sit back on the lounge with a glass of red
> and read it at my leasure. If it is to make _any_ sense, I am forced to
sit
> at the terminal in my office and read it.
>
> I hate it when that happens. Print landscape you say. Sure. A zillion
pages
> with twenty line of text on each!
>
> I know site redesign is a major headache, but it's not hard at the outset
to
> design pages that will print out neatly on A4 pages. Just stick the nav
bar
> at the top! Check your page design software to make sure the whole thing
> fits in measured margins. It's called publishing...
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