Thanks for all the responses. I was not aware of the upcoming media
query thing in CSS3, I think I'll wait and watch out for wide browser
support. I was also not aware of the Javascript option.
I don't want to get into it too much because I think it is more of a
theoretical issue but as for
Christy,
Maybe you were referring yourself to this page...:
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/em/
Roberto
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Christy Collins wrote:
There is a web page that I have seen posted to this list about the
best / most easily read widths for a block of text. I don't h
On Friday, August 5, 2005, at 04:30 AM, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote:
Then comes my question: is proportional scaling a good idea?
Personally I don't think proportional pages/elements are of much use in
most cases, and may be counter-productive in some cases because they
may
end up not fitting anywhe
Jason,
I think that this is an interesting idea. Right now I try to make my
layouts scale with the text-size, which leads to some resolution
problems regarding images and lots of sizing issues with
background-images. But with some planning it is really nice.
When media-queries (CSS3) wi
Jason Yamada-Hanff wrote:
Of course, a fluid layout fits the bill to a certain extent except
that in my case, the ratios of the container width/height and
sidebar/content widths are essential design aspects and so those
ratios must be retained.
My question is a practical one - is this someth
Olá Jason,
One of the best attempts I know of to do what you suggest was delivered
by Dan Cameron (aka: the man in blue). His solution depends on scripting
but it is possible to choose a default size for those users who have not
JavaScript. Images are another problem, as, when stretched, they
Recently, I've been experimenting with a "flash-aesthetic" rectangular
box layout - fixed height and width that is somewhat smaller than the
viewport (at least for the homepage). When I coded the page to fill a
800x600 screen, the whole thing (including the text) looked tiny on my
1920x1200 sc
