Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/04/07 01:16

Travis Newbury wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2:09 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> It's not a nightmare if you understand it.
> True, but CSS != fluid design
>

That's not the point. CSS CAN be fluid design. Tables cannot really be
fluid.

>> And if you want something to
>> look *exactly* like you design it, create a PDF.
>
> That is not true at all. While it may not look exactly the same on
> 100% of the visitors, you can design it to look the same on the
> overwhelming majority of visitors. If it were not this way the
> corporate world would be rushing to use fluid design. But they
> aren't, they are using fixed width. Because that is what people want,
> and that is what best suits the corporate world.
>

Read what I said. Then respond with some intelligence.

If it doesn't look "exactly the same on 100% of the visitors", it isn't
exactly the same, is it?


>> I'd prefer to have
>> fluid designs which adjust to the size of the user's window.
>
> And the key to your statement is "I'd prefer...."
>

Not at all. Any *competent* webmaster would be able to do such.

> I prefer fixed width. So why is what I prefer wrong, and what you
> prefer right?
>

So do most graphic designers I know. And that's fine for a piece of
paper. But it's shows complete incompetence on the web, which is a
fluid layout.

> It isn't. It is a preference. Neither of us is right or wrong.
>
>

It is a lack of competence on your part.

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