Andreas wrote:
> Since I work on 19" monitor set at 1024x768, I made up a page that has a
> horizontal and vertical bar. It's actually a table with the
> height and width
> (no graphics, it opens faster.)
>
> This creates a table cell that is 595 pixels wide, 295 pixels tall. I then
> resize a browser window to that size.
>
> <table width=595 height=295 border=0 bgcolor="#FFcc33"><tr><td>Max display
> width for 14" screens<br>595 pixels wide<br> 295 pixels
> tall</td></tr></table>
>
> This table creates a thin line that I can use to size my browser to the
> right width.
>
> <table width=595 height=1 border=0
> bgcolor="#FFcc33"><tr><td></td></tr></table>
>
> I use the gold color because it can be left for quite some time during the
> development and it looks good; others think it's some sort of decoration.
Here's a gif that I use to quickly resize my browser window for testing:
http://www.infusiondesign.com/examples/window_size_reference.html
I usually work at 1024 x 800. The image at the link above has rectangles for
these screen sizes:
540w x 480h (for those narrow at low-res default Mac windows)
640w x 480h (PC min)
800w x 640h (PC middle)
1280 x 800 is not represented, because for me that's full screen.
You can load the page above, open your browser window as far as it will go
and just leave it running during your design session. When you want to test
your design at different sizes, just resize your browser to fit the lines.
If you care about the "vertical scrolling factor", be sure to check your
layout using the different button configurations of your browser, too, since
some people use large buttons with images on them (which means less real
estate in the browser pane).
You could also download the gif, convert it to whatever image file is
appropriate for your OS's "desktop" and use it as your desktop's background,
so it'll always be available.
Add new lines for other window sizes, change the colors, etc as you see fit.
Jack
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