I prefer liquid layouts, but I use a max-width property to control how wide my content is allowed to get.
*Ben Davies* On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Lyn Smith <l...@westernwebdesign.com.au>wrote: > Good morning > > Was wondering what the latest opinions are on using fixed width or liquid > design in light of the ever increasing size of monitor screens. > > Having just got a new computer with a 24" screen, I was not happy with the > look of some of my liquid design sites. While they are OK in screen > resolutions up to 1280, above that, they seem too stretched out. One in > particular had a couple of lines of text which went from one side of the > screen to the other - not a good look. > > It seems to me, going by the sites I have frequented of late, that many > seem to favour fixed width of 900-1000px which requires scrolling for > 800x600 resolutions but don't look too bad whatever the higher size of > screen and resolution. > > -- > Lyn Smith > > www.westernwebdesign.com.au > > Affordable website design Perth WA > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
