Posted by Philip on 01/19/29 11:50

In article <1150468588.248986.114240@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
ActionNotMotion@gmail.com wrote:

> I have a nice outside border that should only be visible on the 1280
> and higher resolution monitors. For smaller monitors, I do not want to
> take away from the business space of the webpage. Kind of the same
> problem presents itself when a 1280 user doesn't have his window
> maximized...i want the restructuring/aligning to be done from the
> center of the page, and not the left side (setting sort of a shield so
> that when by minimizing, the mandatory visible space reaches the left
> vizible border, it can move left no more) (how could I deal with the
> scroll bars in such an instance). I'd appreciate any abstract or
> concrete input. Ty

Hi Ty,
You could style the nice outside border with a margin-left that would
place it outside of the viewport of users running with a window < 1280
pixels wide, or try something even tricker with Javascript. However, in
my opinion most attempts to control the user's experience like this are
misguided and also not worth the trouble. Me, if have a browser window
open wider than 1280 pixels, I probably want to use all 1280+ pixels of
that space for displaying content.

My $.02

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Philip
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