Posted by Safalra (Stephen Morley) on 12/02/07 11:07

On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:31:00 -0600, Bergamot wrote:
> Safalra (Stephen Morley) wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> And that's a problem because...?
>
> Rewrapping to fit the available space is how a fluid design *should*
> work, is it not?


Permit me to try to exaplin again: Pages that are dynamically updated
(through AJAX, for example) may change height *while the visitor is viewing
them*. If this causes a vertical scrollbar to appear or disappear then
content may jump (in fixed-width designs) or rewrap (in fluid designs).
Both effects are undesirable as the result is that parts of the page
content that haven't been changed jump around.


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Safalra (Stephen Morley)

Common Web Browser Window Sizes:
http://www.safalra.com/web-design/usability/common-browser-window-sizes/

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