Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: > Stephen Carrell wrote: >> Thanks to everyone who helped and pointed out my off-topic posting. I >> appreciate the criticism and am reviewing the guidelines again. I >> don't see that apologies are off-topic (wink, wink); sorry to bother >> anyone. > > Your question may be off-topic but the solution definitely isn't. > > Yes, you can detect a browser's resolution and automatically switch > styling to suit it, using CSS. It's part of 'CSS3 mediaqueries'... > > <http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/#media0> > > Still not a recommended part of the standards, but Opera, Safari and the > latest Firefox build will work with it and those browsers that don't > will simply ignore the query and use whatever basic styling you serve to > all browsers. > > I use mediaqueries for this purpose quite regularly, and see no downsides.
Hmmm, I've got to look into that now. Thanks! > FWIW: I have a feeling that there are more large or at least 'not > 800x600' screens outside the US than inside. Not that that necessarily > has anything to do with the size of browser-windows, which is what you > should query for if you want to "hit home" at the user-end. Screen resolution doesn't matter. What matters is the size of the visitor's browser window, effected by any toolbars, sidebars, etc-bars they might have open. My laptop does 1280x800 resolution, but I never have my browser open full screen! -- David [EMAIL PROTECTED] authenticity, honesty, community ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
