RE: Screen sizing

Ted.

I guess I have decided to aim for a 720 px since more and more people are
using 800 as their screen width, and many are using much more. I know that
at 1024 px sites designed for 600 begin to look a little odd.

I guess my solution looks best at 800 and 1024, requires a little scrolling
at 600, and I don't suppose that folks running at 1200 or 1600 will be
offended since they should know what they have set their monitors at and
why. To avoid some of the scrolling, I do set a table at 95%, but then set
the left column at 150px (for a nav bar). This prevents the left column from
enlarging with the screen size, but does allow the right column to grow or
shrink depending on the settings.

Anyway, my HTML app has stock settings for 520 and 720px which makes working
at these settings real easy. It also provides rulers top and left that read
out in pixels regardless of what monitor you use, or how you have it set.

Elias

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Ted Temer
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 11:32
To: hwg-basics(at)hwg.org
Subject: Re: Screen sizing


Erin:

The size of the monitor is not the problem. It is the RESOLUTION
used by that monitor, regardless of size.

Solutions:

1. Keep everything down to approx. 500 pixels in width. (Remember
the browser will take up part of the monitor width.) This will
then show OK in 640x480 but unless centered, will look out of
line on higher resolutions.

or

2. Use tables that are percentages of the width. Example: Color
the background, then use a centered 95% table with it's
background white. The result will look like a piece of paper on a
desk. (Some of us have great imaginations??)

3. Use a combination of 1 and 2.

P.S. Use a light colored background for the page itself, should
you decide to bother over browsers so obsolete they do not render
table background colors. I think I would be safe in saying that
"most" no longer worry about this very much. Look at all the
white type over dark backgrounds. ??

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