On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:44:55 -0600, why the lucky stiff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:26:21PM -0800, MenTaLguY wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:00:32 -0600, why the lucky stiff
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Shoes always uses the full client area width regardless of whether
>> > a scrollbar is shown or not.
>>
>> Doesn't that mean the scrollbar will cover things up sometimes?
> 
> Yes, totally.  It's up to you to add a gutter.  I really like this
> rule a lot, but I'm dying to argue about it.  Is it very wrong?

I think it'd be fine, as long as there were a platform-independent
way to add a "scrollbar-sized" gutter.  But you don't have that
yet.

Here's the thing:  the width of the scrollbar is going to vary
depending on the current platform, theme, and with some themes,
screen resolution/font size.

-mental

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