Changes between Version 23 and Version 24 of WebsiteDesignComps

Timestamp:

May 2, 2007, 9:47:59 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

metalzelot

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WebsiteDesignComps

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 > [wiki:nosnilmot]: +1! Me-too :-) can't wait for 'em.
 
->>> [wiki:rlaager]: cool++; My only comment is that I'd hate to see this as one of those websites that doesn't properly expand with the browser window. It's really frustrating having a widescreen computer and seeing websites take up 1/3 to 1/2 of my browser horizontally when they're scrolling vertically.
->> [wiki:joekepley]: We do typically design for fixed width. While nearly everyone supports at least 1024x768 these days, most people find it less comfortable to read blocks of text that are excessively long horizontally. Also, many high-resolution users don't tend to use the browser maximized. Based on our experience, users tend to prefer vertically scrolling (mousewheel) to needing to resize the window to make the text reflow to a comfortable width (find resize handle, click, drag, repeat for next site with different layout).
-> [wiki:lschiere]: I agree with Joe about fixed width design here.  I dislike having to grow my window horizontally to fit a page. 
+>>>> [wiki:rlaager]: cool++; My only comment is that I'd hate to see this as one of those websites that doesn't properly expand with the browser window. It's really frustrating having a widescreen computer and seeing websites take up 1/3 to 1/2 of my browser horizontally when they're scrolling vertically.
+>>> [wiki:joekepley]: We do typically design for fixed width. While nearly everyone supports at least 1024x768 these days, most people find it less comfortable to read blocks of text that are excessively long horizontally. Also, many high-resolution users don't tend to use the browser maximized. Based on our experience, users tend to prefer vertically scrolling (mousewheel) to needing to resize the window to make the text reflow to a comfortable width (find resize handle, click, drag, repeat for next site with different layout).
+>> [wiki:lschiere]: I agree with Joe about fixed width design here.  I dislike having to grow my window horizontally to fit a page. 
+> [wiki:metalzelot]: No one has to grow a window horizontally to fit a page, exactly this is the advantage of a dynamic width. The width automatically fits the screen width. And I've never heard of any high-resolution user who doesn't use their browser full width. I'd really prefer a dynamic width but of course I know that this makes programming a lot harder for you.