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When I'm making a website for someone else, I always make sure there isn't a horizontal scrollbar at 800x600. And instead of just resizing my browser window, I'll actually flip my resolution (which is generally at 1150x860 or something like that) back down. Since viewing at low res doesn't just make the browser window smaller, it makes the toolbars, scrollbars and other such items that come along with the browser larger.
HOWEVER.... my own personal sites? Like, the ones that get maybe 20 hits a month? lol. While I'll check in 800x600 to make sure it isn't too distorted, I generally don't fret about it as much.
I know there are a lot of people who get into that "Well, people with that small of a resolution should be used to scrollbars by now" theology... but when it comes to making a website that has some sort of information, materials, or anything else that a large number of people are going to be interested in, accessibility really is key.
Actually, the only times that I've ever had to use a fixed width layout at all were before I discovered CSS and used tables/images sliced from photoshop for the design...
That's the best thing about table-less layouts. Make the width 90%, 95% or even 100% if that's what suits your fancy. Then you don't have to worry about it being too skinny on a higher resolution, and you don't have to worry about it being to wide for the smaller ones.
Just my 2 cents.
-------Original Message-------
Date: 07/26/05 09:02:10
Subject: Re: [WSG] My life as an 800x600 leper (was: Site Check: Broadleaf)
worse... some people think an accessible site is one that is >
On 27 Jul 2005, at 12:42 AM, Kay Smoljak wrote:
> Although way too many people still think accessible sites are for
> blind people :)
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