[thelist] DEBATE: Fixed Width Vs Liquid

Andrew Shiel ashiel at sportsinteraction.com
Tue Jun 4 11:37:08 CDT 2002


At 11:22 04/06/2002 -0500, Ken Kogler wrote:

>The graphics department here says that a 100% width is "ugly" and "not
>readable" because "users don't want to read long lines of text." They're
>insisting I keep to a 750px static width on every page.

   Got to agree with them on that - there are good reasons for newpapers
and encyclopedias having columnated text. It's far easier on the eye to
read a number of short lines than one long one. It should be possible to
manage a liquid design AND a limited text width?

   Drew.


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