I always design for 800 X 600 - both fixed and fluid layouts.
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From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Sent: 07 January 2004 12:22
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [wdvltalk] Screen Resolutions
All,
The company I'm currently working for have agreed to let me loose
Am I correct in believing that the main screen resolution in use is
800x600? or have the majority of users finally got to 1024/768?
if you make the assumption that users are perfectly happy to maximize their
browser windows to avoid scrolling horizontally on your site, then yeah, go
right
I'm with you. I can't remember the last time I voluntarily maximized my
browser window. I say voluntarily because on occasion I've visited sites
that insisted on going full screen and it really annoys me.
Even though my husband does maximize his browser window he always has his
favorites or
Matt, this is what standards are all about. Design the site using the full
power of css. Make it fluid so resolution isn't an issue (except for
extreme widths).
Wrap the whole thing in a div with a small left and right margin to center
it whatever the screen resolution. Use percentages for
if you make the assumption that users are perfectly happy to maximize their
browser windows to avoid scrolling horizontally on your site, then yeah, go
right ahead, make them maximize their browser windows
can you tell how i feel about that? ;o)
ummm, over joyed? :p
OK, so what resolution
Drew,
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 13:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matt, this is what standards are all about. Design the site using the full
power of css. Make it fluid so resolution isn't an issue (except for
extreme widths).
Wrap the whole thing in a div with a small left and right margin to
OK, so what resolution do you design for Rudy? I'm now intrigued.
i design for all resolutions ;o)
If you don't design for 800x600 or 1024x768, and you don't like
scroll bars/maximising windows, I'm dying to know how you
design sites that avoid all of this!
by making the design liquid
Can't speak for Rudi but what I do is make sure it looks okay w/o scrollbars
at 800x600 and liquid so it will flow for larger ones.
Cheryl D. Wise
Certified Professional Web Developer
MS-MVP-FrontPage
www.wiserways.com
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