> What sizes are you designing for? For the sites I work on, the majority of the audience has 1024x768 *or better*, but a significant amount (10-25% depending on the site) still have 800x600. So we design "for" 1024x768, but designs have to remain usable/functional at 800x600 without horizontal scrolling. What that means is that if a client wants some content "above the fold", we will measure at 1024x768 (of course, if we can get it to sit above the fold at 800x600 anyway, then so much the better). Users choosing lower resolutions will have to accept their choice means a little scrolling sometimes.
640x480 is not intentionally catered for in the design; any user still browsing at that res would probably have to switch off CSS and go with the raw, linear page. They'd still get the info though. I haven't seen that resolution at more than 0-1% in any stats for a long time. Much the same for small screen devices, although in many cases small screen devices are also relatively low bandwidth devices so they aren't loading css and images anyway. Until small screen devices start obeying the handheld media type, we aren't going to start building custom stylesheets for them (really not a big part of our userbase yet) although we are watching developments in that area. cheers, h -- --- <http://www.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************