good example of this is: http://www.456bereastreet.com/
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22/11/2007 9:53:08 am >>> > But my testing shows that, with a max-width of 60em, a 1680px wide monitor, when a browser is opened in full screen, > with fontsize increases, the page just continued expanding until it reaches 1680px full screen. This is because em is a measuring unit relative to the font size of the page, so as you increase the font size, the size of 1 em increases as well, and therefore your max-width of 60em gets larger and larger. Tee G. Peng wrote: > I thought max-width tells the browser: This is the limit of the width > you can expand, regardless how big the screen is. > > But my testing shows that, with a max-width of 60em, a 1680px wide > monitor, when a browser is opened in full screen, with fontsize > increases, the page just continued expanding until it reaches 1680px > full screen. If I drag the screen to the second monitor, it keeps > expanding. If I make the screen smaller to 900px, then expansion stop > there. > > Am I missing somthing? > > I tried setting a max-width of 1024px and 60em width , it doesn't > work, my test shows that FF and Safari ignore the max-width. > > tee > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ****************************************************************************************************** The above message has been scanned and meets the Insurance Commission of Western Australia's Email security requirements for inbound transmission. ****************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************************************************** The above message has been scanned and meets the Insurance Commission of Western Australia's Email security policy requirements for outbound transmission. This email (facsimile) and any attachments may be confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (facsimile) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email (facsimile) in error please contact the Insurance Commission. Web: www.icwa.wa.gov.au Phone: +61 08 9264 3333 ********************************************************************************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
