Posted by Stimp on 08/17/05 17:54

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 Barbara de Zoete <b_de_zoete@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 Aug 2005 13:40:10 GMT, Stimp <ren@spumco.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 Barbara de Zoete <b_de_zoete@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 3. It has a fixed width design. See
>>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=fluid+OR+liquid+design>
>>
>> What's wrong with fixed-width design?!?!
>>
>> Plenty of good sites use it, and some designs will only work well with a
>> fixed width design
>
> Did you check any of the links from the Google SERP that comes with the above
> search query? Read them and you'll have your answer.
>
> (Hint: my screen has a resolution of 1024x768, but the viewport I use to browse
> in is 655x436. What does that do to your design you think? It means a large part
> of your page is hidden and can only be reached by using the scrollbar for
> horizontal scroll. I hate that. And with me, many others will not stay with your
> pages unless that _have_ to. They'll find a page that adapts to their viewport
> in stead of them having to adapt their viewport to yout page.)

to be honest, you're in a tiny minority of net users.

Most people can use the 800 x 600 layouts without a problem.
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