On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:
> Yeah, it uses a width of 600 pixel. That's not to bother you. There are two
> reasons for it: First this way I'm able to layout the various nested tables
> more easily (where I sometimes had to specify fixed widths to avoid nasty
> next wrappings) and second this way the text lines are shorter. The reason for this
> are the same typographical reasons you find in books and newspapers: To make
> it easier to read. I know that the usage of HTML for doing fixed layouting is
> against the intent of HTML but I break those rules intentionally as a
> webdesigner (and not as a HTML purist) here ;-)
By making a fixed width of 600 you make the pages harder to read in a
narrower window. If a text is meant to be reference, there are many times
that you want the text to be side by side with a window with your
configuration in an editor. I see your point, but the HTML "purist" view
make life more flexible.
/Mats
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