[thelist] Knowledge: CSS: Display: Run-in

mini-d minid at weblogs.com.ar
Tue Jun 4 12:23:07 CDT 2002


I searched on google and i find some examples, but i never found the
real use for display: run-in. Even i didn't found a descent explanation
of what this property does.

If someone have time to explain this i would be really happy =D.

Btw: i will continue on my research anyways =D.



-----Mensaje original-----
De: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]
En nombre de Tom Dell'Aringa
Enviado el: martes, 04 de junio de 2002 18:35
Para: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Asunto: Re: [thelist] DEBATE: Fixed Width Vs Liquid


Ken,

A person "says that a 100% width is "ugly" and "not readable" because
"users don't want to read long lines of text." is one person's OPINION.
If there are 3 people in the graphics dept. saying this, it is 3 peoples
OPINIONS. What you want to do is set up a small usability test --
nothing crazy and elaborate mind you -- but get 5 people off the street
to come in and test the design.

I recommend "Don't Make Me Think: Common Sense Approach to Web
Usability" by Steve Krug if you don't know how to do a test. He gives
you pretty much everything you need to know in this great book on how to
run a simple user test. You can read the book in less than a day.

This way, you can derive hard data that probably (can't say for sure,
don't see your page) will prove that their obtuse statement is
unfounded. Certainly, I would think your users won't consider a liquid
display "not readable" -- that's just an ignorant statement by somebody
with a strong opinion.

Good luck

Tom


--- Ken Kogler <ken.kogler at cph.org> wrote:
> I've come up with a (mostly) liquid design for a site I'm working on.
> (I say "mostly" because with the graphical elements, the minimum with
> is something like 600px. It's not truly liquid).
>
> 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.
>
> Arguments for or against this? I'm all for the liquid design, but I
> can't quite formulate an argument powerful enough to disprove the
> know-it-all graphics department.
>
> -Ken
>
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