Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote:
Something I find really strange is that a lot of people who put
emphasis on Web Standards suddenly found their way back to
non-liquid, 800px, centered design. I am wondering why that is?
Makes me wonder too. :-)
I find this amazing: when I browse the web and come across one of
those pages I don't even have to look at the code: it's almost 90%
certain that the site was done in CSS.
...and I'm sure most of them are structural copies of someone else's
solutions - which are copies... of copies...
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Generally: I think most designers takes the easy way out when they ditch
tables and start working with CSS.
- Controlling liquid or quasi-liquid CSS layouts is slightly harder than
keeping control of fixed layouts.
- Min/max control doesn't work by default in IE (important point).
- Line-length (text) is better kept short (important point).
- 800px width is "safe" since "everyone" have larger screens.
- "If everyone else is doing it -- why shouldn't I".
- Showcases of type 'csszengarden' are often made for design only -- not
for delivering content.
What's "right" and what's "wrong" isn't - or at least shouldn't be - an
issue, of course.
However, all types of layouts provides the same degree of control when
one have learned how to control them, so web designers of today should
at least learn how to handle all of them -- in all combinations.
Choices are better made when we know and understand all the pros and
cons of all available alternatives. That takes time... which is better
spent on killing bugs..(?)
regards
Georg
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