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Posted by Els on 08/17/05 17:59
Stimp wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 Barbara de Zoete <b_de_zoete@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 17 Aug 2005 13:40:10 GMT, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 Barbara de Zoete <b_de_zoete@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 3. It has a fixed width design. See
>>>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=fluid+OR+liquid+design>
>>>
>>> What's wrong with fixed-width design?!?!
>>>
>>> Plenty of good sites use it, and some designs will only work well with a
>>> fixed width design
>>
>> Did you check any of the links from the Google SERP that comes with the above
>> search query? Read them and you'll have your answer.
>>
>> (Hint: my screen has a resolution of 1024x768, but the viewport I use to browse
>> in is 655x436. What does that do to your design you think? It means a large part
>> of your page is hidden and can only be reached by using the scrollbar for
>> horizontal scroll. I hate that. And with me, many others will not stay with your
>> pages unless that _have_ to. They'll find a page that adapts to their viewport
>> in stead of them having to adapt their viewport to yout page.)
>
> to be honest, you're in a tiny minority of net users.
>
> Most people can use the 800 x 600 layouts without a problem.
How do you know that? Does your access log tell you how wide the
window is that people use to look at your site? Does it tell you what
it was that made the visitor give up after a short while? Do you have
a script on your page that magically tells you which of your visitors
went to visit a different site after spending a short time on yours?
Have you also thought about the people with bad eyesight who need to
increase the font size, and get really short sentences cause your page
doesn't wanna go wider than 800px, even though they have bought a
large 23inch monitor set to 1600x1200?
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