Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 12/01/07 22:39

Safalra (Stephen Morley) wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:29:25 -0500, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>> Safalra (Stephen Morley) wrote:
>>
>>> The appearance and disappearance of the vertical scrollbar can make
>>> horizontally centred content jump around (I should have mentioned in my
>>> previous post the other situation in which the effect is undesirable -
>>> pages whose height may change dynamically). Vertical centring is very rare
>>> so the horizontal scrollbar isn't so much of a problem.
>> Maybe the real problem is that too many web "designers" feel compelled
>> to use fixed-width containers centered in the viewport, eh?
>
>
> The problem isn't limited to fixed-width designs. In fluid designs the text
> will likely wrap differently if the content area becomes narrower or wider.

So. With a fluid design and number of elements may reflow when you
change the viewport. Who cares? Unless you like reading pages while
winging the viewport dimensions back and forth.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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