Posted by sagejoshua on 10/18/74 11:30

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:57:03 GMT, rf <rf@invalid.com> wrote:


>Look into Conditional Comments (supported only by IE, search for it over at
>http://microsoft.com ) although in this case you don't really need to hide
>it from other browsers since you will need to set text-align: left for your
>textual content anyway.

I've been meaning to research Conditional Comments, anyway. I'll give
it look. However, I'll probably go with the other option: setting the
body to text-align: center; and everything else to :left;.

>However, in your case I would question why you need the page to be exactly
>this many pixels wide. All your visitors (except those few who have their
>browser exactly the same size as yours) will have either a horizontal
>scroll bar or wasted space in their viewport. What is wrong with using
>width: 100% for your content?

I like the control of a fixed width layout. I figure the percentage of
people with 800px or wider displays is high enough to go with a 760px
wrapper. Here's what the Web Style guide says:

Graphic "safe area" dimensions for layouts designed for 800 x 600
screens:
Maximum width = 760 pixels
Maximum height = 410 pixels (visible without scrolling)

I hate reading text that flows all the way across the page.
Readability studies show that people read and retain more with shorter
horizontal scan. That, and I can never get graphics to look good in
liquid layouts. So those are my reasons. Although there are some very
elegant 100% width pages out there.

Thanks again for your input and advice.
Josh

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