Posted by cwdjrxyz on 05/30/06 14:55

Paul Watt wrote:
> "Des" <desotuatail@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1148976923.268224.144930@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Sorry cancel that post too earlt in the morning for me, but what is the
> > usable are of a 800x600 browser/
> >
>
> I usually stick to 770px if i'm making a fixed page width.

I don't know where you are located. However, in the US, there are still
a few of the old type MSNTV set top boxes still in use(perhaps now down
to under one million). These are designed to display on a TV screen,
reformat text size if too small for good viewing, etc. The screen for
these is under 600 px(I forget the exact value) wide. Moreover, these
boxes can not scroll to view more on the right, so if you use a fixed
screen width greater than the boxes can view, information on the right
of the screen can not be viewed. These boxes now are mostly used by old
people, many of whom have not used a computer before. There may also be
a problem with some cell phones that can view the web, but I am not up
to date on this subject. I do know that one of the phone companies in
the US has a web site that allows reformating of web pages so that they
can be viewed on cell phones properly and that some of the MSNTV box
owners have used this site when they must view an important web page
that is cut off on the right by fixed width design.

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