Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Rob Emenecker
> Anyway, when you maximize IE on a Windows setup with dual monitors, it > only fills one screen, so I think they had to manually size and position > their browser to go across both screens. I concur. I run dual 20" monitors at 1600x1200 for Windows XP Pro (SP2) and Mac OS X. On Windows the d

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Sandy wrote: > The next version of this site will probably have images that are > sized to 90% of the browser window height, so that it gets really BIG > for the really big monitors. I'm pretty sure I'll be in touch with > you guys for help with that! > > OK, I'm going to write and ask what he'

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Sandy
>> Anyone who doesn't have a minimum 1024 x 768 monitor is going to need to >> scroll like crazy to see the site. > > > You might want to google for "vertical centering with a shim div". Nice > article which keeps the top part of your site from being cut off if the > visitor has resized the

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Rahul Gonsalves
On 09-Jan-08, at 10:19 PM, Sandy wrote: > Anyone who doesn't have a minimum 1024 x 768 monitor is going to > need to > scroll like crazy to see the site. You might want to google for "vertical centering with a shim div". Nice article which keeps the top part of your site from being cut off

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Sandy
> You might want to check what happens if you resize the browser window in > the vertical direction. I had the same problem on a site and had to > remove the centering css so it could be viewed on monitors or hand held > devices that have short screens in the vertical direction. hey Don,

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Don Miller
Message - From: "Sandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippe Wittenbergh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "CSS discuss" Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors > >> On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:21 AM, Sandy wrote: &

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Sandy
> On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:21 AM, Sandy wrote: > >> I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. >> The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin >> margin-left: -440px; >> >> http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css >> >> This was all hunky dory but my client has no

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Sandy
> So you're client is maximizing (or manually sizing) their browser window to > span multiple monitors. > > First, your site is not the ONLY one that they are going to have this > complaint about. > > Second, if the client is doing this, then they are already used to the > visual "break" from l

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread Sandy
>>a sample page is here >>http://bradtrent.com/gallery3/gallery312.html > I hope that's not your client. :-0 thank goodness, no, or I would be scared to tell him what I think I need to tell him - which is that it's his problem, and he should just shrink his browser window. He's here, sitting

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-09 Thread david
Rob Emenecker wrote: > My point is, find out WHY they are maximizing across two monitors, and why > it is important *and okay* that the problem exists in many circumstances, > but is unacceptable to them with their site. I just had a weird thought. Imagine someone using Windows XP who sets their

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Rob Emenecker
So you're client is maximizing (or manually sizing) their browser window to span multiple monitors. First, your site is not the ONLY one that they are going to have this complaint about. Second, if the client is doing this, then they are already used to the visual "break" from left-to-right on s

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:21 AM, Sandy wrote: > I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. > The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin > margin-left: -440px; > > http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css > > This was all hunky dory but my client has now has two

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Jason Pruim
On Jan 8, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Sandy wrote: > hey all, > > I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. > The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin > margin-left: -440px; > > http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css > > This was all hunky dory but my client ha

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Robert O'Rourke
>> On my 2 monitor setup, it works just fine. Just for reference it's a >> iMac 19" with a 19" sony trinitron external monitor with a hack to >> enable the desktop extension (Didn't come that way from the factory... >> Just desktop mirroring.) >> >> The only way I can reproduce what you are

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread tedd
At 1:53 PM -0500 1/8/08, Sandy wrote: > > >Is it possible to restrict the site to a single monitor? Or shall I tell >my guy to just shrink his great big browser window? > >Sandy Sandy: Ahhh, I think I see what you're talking about now. If the user expands his browser window to cover two monitors

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Jason Pruim
On Jan 8, 2008, at 1:53 PM, Sandy wrote: > >>> I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. >>> The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin >>>margin-left: -440px; >>> >>> http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css >>> >>> This was all hunky dory but my client ha

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread tedd
At 1:21 PM -0500 1/8/08, Sandy wrote: >hey all, > >I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. >The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin > margin-left: -440px; > >http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css > >This was all hunky dory but my client has now has

Re: [css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Sandy
>> I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. >> The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin >> margin-left: -440px; >> >> http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css >> >> This was all hunky dory but my client has now has two monitors, and is >> complaining >> >

[css-d] styling for two monitors

2008-01-08 Thread Sandy
hey all, I have a site that is set up to center in the middle of a screen. The content is 880px wide, and it has a negative left margin margin-left: -440px; http://bradtrent.com/bradtrent.css This was all hunky dory but my client has now has two monitors, and is complaining > on my co