[WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread standards
G-day Mates, I'm building my first site using a fluid layout, and I want the site to render properly in 800X600, but I've noticed some extremely well-crafted standards-based sites designed using liquid layouts that generate a horizontal scroll bar in 800X600. A few examples: http://abc.net.au/

Re: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Kenny Graham
Therefore I'm very curious as to what the general concensus is from my fellow standards advocates when designing sites using liguid layouts? Truely liquid layouts will look fine at any resolution. Your examples are not liquid layouts. Your first and last examples use fixed widths, and the middle

Re: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread standards
Hi Kenny, You're right, I made an assumption that because they stretched across the entire viewport in 1024X768 then the authors used fluid layouts, which was a mistake on my part, and next time I'll be sure to check their CSS, but it still makes my ask why they ignored 800X600. Anyway, thanks

[WSG] New W3C article: Changing (X)HTML page encoding to UTF-8

2005-08-27 Thread Richard Ishida
The W3C GEO Working Group has published the FAQ-based article, which I think may be of use to people on this list: Changing (X)HTML page encoding to UTF-8 http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-changing-encoding by Richard Ishida, W3C Aimed at newcomers to

[WSG] Re: digest for wsg@webstandardsgroup.org

2005-08-27 Thread
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[WSG] Site which only works in IE?

2005-08-27 Thread Mary Wright
Good morning, I'm working on the first three pages of a new website, www.zebragraphics.co.uk/tcs, which seems to only work properly in PC IE6 and breaks in Firefox (PC Mac) and IE5, Safari and Camino on the Mac. I'm used to this being the other way around... There are working links to

Re: [WSG] Site which only works in IE?

2005-08-27 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Mary Wright wrote: I'm working on the first three pages of a new website, www.zebragraphics.co.uk/tcs, which seems to only work properly in PC IE6 and breaks in Firefox (PC Mac) and IE5, Safari and Camino on the Mac. Can anyone tell me what changes I need to make to please the other

Re: [WSG] Site which only works in IE?

2005-08-27 Thread Bert Doorn
G'day I'm working on the first three pages of a new website, www.zebragraphics.co.uk/tcs, which seems to only work properly in PC IE6 and breaks in Firefox (PC Mac) and IE5, Safari and Camino on the Mac. I'm used to this being the other way around... If you're referring to the issue of

Re: [WSG] Site which only works in IE?

2005-08-27 Thread Mary Wright
The most immediate problem is that the container that wraps around the two floated columns is not showing. This is easily fixed by clearing the floated items. More here with explanation and some possible solutions: http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/workshop/slide38.cfm HTH Russ

RE: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Buddy Quaid
One thing to consider is your audience. If your site is all about graphics, chances are that the people going to your site are NOT blind and also that no designer in the world that does graphic design is going to have a 800x600 monitor resolution so in this case, it would be perfectly fine and you

Re: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Jan Brasna
and also that no designer in the world that does graphic design is going to have a 800x600 monitor resolution I still can't get this implication between resolution (2560x1024 in my case) and the size of viewport in browser (max. 900-1000px wide in my case) - see

Re: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Lea de Groot
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:42:37 +0200, Jan Brasna wrote: I still can't get this implication between resolution (2560x1024 in my case) and the size of viewport in browser (max. 900-1000px wide in my case) - see http://tmp.anum.biz/Image44.png (screenshot of my desktop) - none of the browser

Re: [WSG] Screen Resolution for Fluid Layouts

2005-08-27 Thread Mike Brown
Lea de Groot said: Honestly, it doesn't seem to matter how big the screen is. Jo(e) Public surfs at 100%. I don't like it, but its true. For the number of years I've been building sites (over 6 years full time) I'm struggling to remember ever seeing a client or user (as opposed to a