Posted by dorayme on 05/30/06 21:00

In article
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0605301015490.25102@ppepc20.ph.gla.ac.uk>,
"Alan J. Flavell" <flavell@physics.gla.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 May 2006, Paul Watt wrote:
>
> > I usually stick to 770px if i'm making a fixed page width.
>
> Don't do that. My choice of a comfortable window width on this laptop
> is around 700px, for example, and a right/left scroll is annoying to
> anyone, not just to me. I can hit you with a user stylesheet if I
> care to, but it's still annoying. And many users wouldn't know how to
> do that anyway.
>
> The trend is towards increasingly diverse viewing situations. Flexible
> design is the only way to go.

What are your or anyone's favourite examples of serious
commercial (with much product and complexity, need for photos)
webpages that enable some folk to enjoy the benefits of their big
screens (normal landscape/approx.4:3) while avoiding irritating
those with a 700px limit? Yes, all is a trade off. But be nice to
ground this in examples.

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dorayme

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