Posted by dorayme on 12/20/06 00:52

In article <nu%hh.7867$Ka1.2492@news01.roc.ny>,
"Slick50" <spam@yahoo.com> wrote:

> haha, got a good chuckle out of this one :D
>
>
> "dorayme" <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
> news:doraymeRidThis-36E590.14484419122006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au...
> > In article <dMHhh.7873$ya1.7209@news02.roc.ny>,
> > "Slick50" <spam@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I don't mean to imply that it is better. I am just trying to learn how to
> >> do
> >> different things.
> >>
> >> When I resize the window, my horizontal list spills over into a new line
> >> which looks bad to me. If you are willing to explain the right technique
> >> here, I'm all ears. Reduce the font size? Less list items? Neither of
> >> those
> >> seem like the right thing to do in this case.
> >
> > You have two main choices, between fixing it so that
> >
> > (1) People have to scroll sideways to look at your list. They get
> > to see only some of the list when they could be seeing the lot.
> >
> > or
> >
> > (2) The functional one, users don't have to scroll sideways, they
> > don't have to stare at half a list (how good a look is that?).
> >
> > By selecting the right css, with sufficient padding and margins
> > etc, it is not so bad a look when these things wrap. I do
> > understand your concerns but you can console yourself with the
> > not too fanciful idea that most people will be viewing on 800px
> > wide or more and all will be fine, just a few will see it
> > wrapped, you are doing them a favour.
> >


Which part of it did you find the funniest?

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dorayme

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