At the end of the day, this whole question is a no-brainer: On the one hand you can annoy [a few .. most] people by forcing them to scroll horizontally, Or you can keep everyone happy by not allowing a horizontal scroll bar.
Whether it is a major issue or a trivial issue is irrelevant as there is no compromise required: I absolutely guarantee that no genuine usability trial is ever going to find someone complaining that the site _doesn't_ expand beyond the view port! Mike >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Lecoat >Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 11:27 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming > >On 3 Jul 2008, at 22:16, Al Sparber wrote: > >>> When a block of text exceeds the viewport width, that means >>> horizontal scrolling for *each line* - a royal PITA. >> >> I kid of think you are speaking for yourself ;-) > >Well, he's speaking for me as well. >Al, do you really *not* find having to continuously scroll >back and forth horizontally (because the width of the text >block is wider than the viewport) to be an annoyance? > >If so then okay, but I do not believe that you are typical in >this regard. >-- >Rick Lecoat >www.sharkattack.co.uk > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
