I have to agree with Philip here. If you don't know context you can use the formula you referenced. That, I believe, is his point. Viewport width is not something you will know.
If, for example, you know your content will be a max-width of 960px, then you can work off of that in the formula. Also, I'd recommend not mixing units as you could be creating a small annoying mess. Gutters can be small percentages as well, figured out with that same formula. No, I'm not a troll. On Monday, October 20, 2014, Philip Taylor <p.tay...@rhul.ac.uk> wrote: > > > MiB wrote: > > You clearly [...] want to waste my time and the readers of this email >> > discussion list. > > On the contrary, I want to challenge your assertion that "you can > translate from px sizing to percentages" for all but the most trivial of > cases. If /everything/ was originally expressed in pixels, then of course > you can translate from px sizing to percentages (a child of five would know > how to do that), but if some elements of the original design were expressed > in less tangible units (percent, ems, rems, etc), then it should be > patently obvious to you that you can NOT translate from px sizing to > percentages. > > Philip Taylor > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] > 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/ > -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com #663399 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] 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/
