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Posted by rf on 09/14/07 10:52
"mrcakey" <nospam@spamispoo.com> wrote in message
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>I don't know how it is in other countries but there seems to be quite a
>proliferation of widescreen monitors in the UK.
And just why do you think that these monitors are popular? So people can
have more than one application visible onscreen at once. *Don't* assume your
browser canvas will be "widescreen". It'll probably still around 1000 pixels
or so. Most web sites look quite stupid if they are given more than 1400 or
so px.
> I was just wondering what approaches people are using to ensure their
> sites still look good at these resolutions.
I do nothing at all. How a viewer views my sites is up to that viewer. I
don't care at all about their "resolution". I leave the choice entirely up
to them.
> Of my sites, it tends to be the ones that are fixed width that come out
> okay.
Only because you have forced *your* choice about the width of your site you
your viewer.
> More fluid layouts tend to change their aesthetic a great deal.
As they should.
> And are there any tools that can emulate widescreen layouts on a standard
> sized monitor?
Not as far as I know.
> At the minute I'm getting my mother to email me screen dumps from her
> monitor!
Go down to the second hand shop and pick up a second monitor. Extend your
desktop onto this. You should be able to achieve at least 2000 pixels or so
of desktop width. Mine is currently about 4000 pixels wide.
--
Richard.
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