[thelist] Removing scroll bars

rudy r937 at interlog.com
Tue Feb 19 09:18:01 CST 2002


> Does anyone have any ideas how this effect can be achieved
> without using the scroll="no" attribute.

hi jim

make sure each web page has only one line or so of content

;o)

sorry, i couldn't help it


there's a bit of flawed thinking behind the requirement that "the user will
not have to scroll to see any information"

it more or less assumes that the user has her screen maximized

that's flawed, the same way that setting absolute font sizes is flawed


okay, i realize that you'd be swimming against the current if you go back
to your government client and try to convince them that the requirement is
flawed

better to go to the webmonkey article "sizing up the browsers" and grab the
screen dimensions for the lowest common denominator

since you say it's an internet explorer intranet, you would probably be
wise to take into consideration the microsoft office toolbar too

once you have your minimum screen dimensions, build a page and tweak it
(remove content) until the scrollbars go away

that's your maximum size

if you do implement scroll="no" and for some reason (e.g. a user with poor
eyesight and larger fonts) the page exceeds the window size, you will have
created a much bigger usability problem than having content below the fold


rudy




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