Posted by Kevin Scholl on 11/28/06 22:49

Neredbojias wrote:
> To further the education of mankind, "Daryl" <lyradf@yahoo.com>
> vouchsafed:
>
>>> What happens if I'm doing more than one thing on my desktop and have
>>> my browser window set to 650 px wide? Will I have to do a horizontal
>>> scroll to read each line of text?
>
>> Your window will display the left most content and you would have to
>> scroll to the right to view the rest. Im not concerned about that.
>> That is pretty typical of all web pages.
>
> Au contraire, mon ami. Today's "typical" web page is fluid and text flows
> with the size of the matte. However, yes, a certain minority percentage is
> archeolithic.

That's a rather subjective view of "typical". There is no concrete right
or wrong when it comes to fixed-width vs. fluid.

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200611/resolution_vs_browser_size_vs_fixed_or_adaptive_width/

That said, the willingness of the OP to allow horizontal scrolling for a
user running a maximized browser at 800x600 is a bit disconcerting.

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