Posted by 1001 Webs on 11/11/07 17:58

On Nov 11, 5:14 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2007-11-11, 1001 Webs wrote:
> ...
>
> > Then, the way I see it, percentages are the only parameters that
> > should be ever used, at least from a graphic designer's point of view.
>
> If that's all you use, why should the availability of other
> measures concern you?
Because I had been using them an they didn't produce the results that
I expected.
It's kind of frustrating when that happens to you, you know?

> > I assume that you also know how to apply the Rule of Thirds by which
> > you divide the working area with a grid of nine sections with two
> > evenly spaced vertical lines and two evenly spaced horizontal lines.
> > The only way to do that in a flexible way, would be using percentages.
>
> You are still thinking paper. Yes, you can use evenly spaced
> vertical lines; you cannot use evenly spaced horizontal lines.
Why not?
You can set a guide at 30% of the height of the page, can't you?

> The Rule of Thirds is one of many grids that work for design on
> paper. You cannot reduce graphic design to a single formula (even
> on paper).
It was just an example.
BTW, the Rule of Thirds works even better for Video

> > And since percentages are also the only measurement that works well
> > for other tags, such as font-sizing, that's the only attribute should
> > be used under any circumstances.
>
> For font sizes and column widths, ems also work well, and
> sometimes better. Often the best solution is a width set in
> percent and a min-width in ems.
>
> > No one tells you about this, you know, not even w3.org. If you have a
> > look at their very own style sheet,http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/home-import.css,
> > you'll see things like:
> > font-size: small;
> > margin-bottom: 0.3em;
> > margin-top: -6px;
> > etc.
>
> What's wrong with that?
Pixels and ems that don't render equally across different browsers.

> (BTW, which page uses that stylesheet?)
Their very own front page:
http://www.w3.org

> > And that's precisely my point, that CSS is confusing, hard to learn
> > for the wrong reasons, frustrating and badly implemented.
> > And that's NOT the designer's fault
>
> It _is_ the designer's fault if he codes badly. If you think that
> only percentages should be used, whose fault is it if you use
> other measures as well?
My mistake seems to be then trusting the developers at http://www.w3.org

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