Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-25 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012, Ghodmode wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Felix Miata wrote: On 2012/01/23 10:35 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: 960px is a good max width... for most site visitors. ...where "most" is as little as 50% + 1 of today's visitors. I consider that a gross exaggeratio

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-25 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/01/25 10:22 (GMT+0100) Markus Ernst composed: Felix Miata composed: On 2012/01/23 10:35 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: 960px is a good max width... for most site visitors. ...where "most" is as little as 50% + 1 of today's visitors. Is there statistical evidence for any of

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-25 Thread Markus Ernst
Am 24.01.2012 10:07 schrieb Felix Miata: On 2012/01/23 10:35 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: 960px is a good max width... for most site visitors. ...where "most" is as little as 50% + 1 of today's visitors. Is there statistical evidence for any of these two statements? OTOH, the em unit bea

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/01/24 11:19 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: Felix Miata wrote: ... Here are a few real-world examples of fixed width sites: http://www.mashable.com 972px http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/SC/sc-mashable2560-01.jpg http://www.stackoverflow.com 960px http://fm.no-ip.com/SS/SC/sc-s

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread David Laakso
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Ghodmode wrote: How wide it should be is a matter of opinion, and I think that's the original question... What do we, as a community, think is a good width. Ghodmode http://www.ghodmode.com -- Sigh. I have no idea what the community thinks is a "good wid

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread Ghodmode
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2012/01/24 19:15 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: > >> I don't know about the original poster's target demographic, but 960px >> works well on a modern computer or a modern mobile device > > Debatable... I guess some of this stuff is a mat

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread Venditelli, Daniel - Web Development Administrator
discuss.org] On Behalf Of Freelance Traveller Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:50 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width Question the First: After seeing plenty of discussion, here and on other forums focussing on website development, I&#

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/01/24 19:15 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: I don't know about the original poster's target demographic, but 960px works well on a modern computer or a modern mobile device Debatable... I don't know about the current generation of netbooks, but I expect resolutions to go up. Hig

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread Ghodmode
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2012/01/23 10:35 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: > > >> 960px is a good max width... for most site visitors. > > > ...where "most" is as little as 50% + 1 of today's visitors. I consider that > a gross exaggeration except in cases where you kn

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-24 Thread Felix Miata
On 2012/01/23 10:35 (GMT+0800) Ghodmode composed: 960px is a good max width... for most site visitors. ...where "most" is as little as 50% + 1 of today's visitors. I consider that a gross exaggeration except in cases where you know your demographic includes no netbook or handheld devices. At

Re: [css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-23 Thread Ghodmode
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:50 AM, Freelance Traveller wrote: > Question the First: > > After seeing plenty of discussion, here and on other forums focussing on > website development, I've decided that maybe it's a good idea to > implement max-width (and possibly min-width) settings on my site. The

[css-d] TwoQuestions: min/max-width, change layout with width

2012-01-23 Thread Freelance Traveller
Question the First: After seeing plenty of discussion, here and on other forums focussing on website development, I've decided that maybe it's a good idea to implement max-width (and possibly min-width) settings on my site. The sense I get from the discussion is that a max-width of 960px is probab