Posted by Knut Krueger on 05/24/07 17:39

Beauregard T. Shagnasty schrieb:
> Knut Krueger wrote:
>
>> Beauregard T. Shagnasty schrieb:
>>> Knut Krueger wrote:
>>>> my basic layout nearly ready except one question:
>>>>
>>>> http://sunshine-language.de/test/
>>> You are still using points for font sizing. Points are for printing.
>>> Change font size to 100% so visitors can read it at their chosen
>>> size.
>>>
>>> You have too much pixel-exact sizing as well. Research using em
>>> units, please. If you do this, you likely won't have the perceived
>>> problem you asked about.
>>>
>> what about the container with the left image #introduction I need the
>> container as big as the background image. I think this must be fixed,
>> must'n it?
>
> Try this: view your page in Firefox, and press Control-Plus twice.
>
> Not pretty. Because of the low contrast of your text, I had to increase
> its size to read it. And then your design falls apart.

There was no problem with my browser to read it, but the text is not in
the final style.

> Why don't you try using just one background image, and place it in body,
> instead of trying to get pixel-perfect precision with adjacent images in
> containers? Then remove the height from #introduction, and use just a
> wee bit of bottom padding instead. In em units.

There is only the left and top side left with fixed positions.
the present stye is http://sunshine-language.de/
I told the owner that there is a luck of functionality wihtout
javascript, but the owner wants a rest of background styling ..
Did`n you think that this is a compromise between layout an
functionality? Or did I not understand the point?

And by the way the background images are also not the final version.
Its only a working copy for the first try

Knut

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