Re: Sizing/Browser type

Bryan,

this issue is bigger than screen size and browser type.

Resources abound that offer numerous and varied opinions on the "idea
screen size" that you should design to, so I won't waste a lot of time on
that except to say that you should spend some time here:

http://www.hwg.org/resources

Now, to specifically address "dynamic sizing" of content to fit individual
browsers:

If HTML is written correctly, by design it will ~automatically~ work in ALL
web browsers. Yup. It will display EXACTLY as designed, whether the screen
is 3x5 inches or 30 feet by 40 feet (*IF* the total width of the graphics
used [laterally] do not exceed the viewing screen width). Well, that is if
the browser is capable of displaying images at all.

There is a catch though:

You must accept the fact that HTML is a Markup language, not a Page Layout
language and code accordingly.

A great place to start besides the link above, would be to paste this:

<.a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">.</A>

into your documents online, and click on the period. *Then* you will
definitely see the advantage in spending  a few evenings at "/resources"
reading until you fall asleep at the mouse.

HTH,
Fuzzy.
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