: [WSG] restricting width in the body tag
William Donovan wrote:
Hi all,
I wanted to ask a question of better practice and current standards view.
Is it better to have a header and footer stretch across the width of the
browser window or be restricted to the width of the defined. left aligned
William Donovan wrote:
Hi all,
I wanted to ask a question of better practice and current standards view.
Is it better to have a header and footer stretch across the width of the
browser window or be restricted to the width of the defined. left aligned
content area. Leaving lots of vacant
Hi William,
It sounds like you're looking for something like a 'jello layout' (term not
mine)
You can find out more here:
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/jello.html
Basically a jello layout will expand and shrink with the browser window but
only to a defined minimum / maximum.
Hi William
my preference is to view banner elements in a 100% wide chunk that blend
(hopefully) for a seamless look. I acknowledge that this is not always possible
(or desirable).
As a 1680 pixel wide laptop user I have to agree that fixed width is an issue,
especially for totally
A design issue, possibly,
However the end basis for decisions are standards and evidence, and was
wondering if there was any out there. If no real evidence is available, the it
is up to those with the strongest opinion.
Good note on assessing environments and user requirements, however that
