On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:22:43 -0400, Stephen Carrell wrote: [...] > > For a long time, I've been designing pages/sites for 800x600 resolution > (width of > 780px), unless the client specifies differently. I know that different book > authors say > that that's the lowest common denominator of users, but with so many folks > going to > flat screen monitors, is designing for 800x600 still the accepted norm? I > know that > folks outside of the US might not have larger monitors, but so far, I've only > been > doing sites for US clients and audiences. > [...]
CSS gives you a number of ways to accommodate different *window* sizes. Google "fluid OR elastic css design" and consult the css-d wiki. FWIW - when I was learning web design (6 years ago) my first project was to design for 800px windows (or more) (and for Netscape 4 lol). After attempting a table-based design (as I was taught) I was unhappy, and tried a CSS design. Using tables, two columns squished together badly, making a mess. In CSS I used floats, and -- got a float drop! The page is still online. Check out the list of "staff" and the adjacent paragraph at the bottom of this page at different window widths to see what I mean: <http://www.hucklesby.com/twinlife/twinlife.htm> I was so pleased with this unexpected behavior, I have never even attempted a table-based design since. YMMV. Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
