Comments on: Resolution Past by a Majority http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/ Running commentary about agile development, user experience design and Ajax. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:33:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Michael Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:27:21 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/#comment-902 <p>Yuck. Not just fixed width, but does not scale when fonts are resized. Yuck.</p> Yuck. Not just fixed width, but does not scale when fonts are resized. Yuck.

]]> By: rodent http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/comment-page-1/#comment-901 rodent Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:50:33 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/#comment-901 <p>Should'nt we design pages in such a way they can be shown in almost any resolution? Not only in different computers we have different resolutions: sometimes i want to surf in a full-screen window, sometimes i wanna have it at a smaller size. As Jeff says, that is possible with current standards.</p> Should’nt we design pages in such a way they can be shown in almost any resolution? Not only in different computers we have different resolutions: sometimes i want to surf in a full-screen window, sometimes i wanna have it at a smaller size. As Jeff says, that is possible with current standards.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Jeff Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:06:46 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/2006/06/resolution_past/#comment-900 <p>I think we can design thoughtfully using current standards to allow for almost any resolution, although I'm not testing for anything lower than 640 x 480.</p> <p>CSS allows us to express widths as a percentage of the container, which means we can make images and columns of text resize to fit almost any window, large or small. You can see some good examples of this technique at Open Source Web Design (<a href="http://www.oswd.org/)," rel="nofollow">http://www.oswd.org/),</a> where you can also download the stylesheets and study them.</p> <p>Although there are slight variations in the way browsers interpret this, it passes all validation tests and it works well in all browsers I've tested. It looks good, too.</p> <p>I believe that all web browsers are moving toward full compliance with the W3C specs, and I design with that in mind. The best thing we can do to accomodate everyone is to keep the layout simple and use techniques that are well understood by any modern browser. It's no mystery that the most stylish sites are elegantly simple and load quickly. I think it's important for designers to understand that they are delivering content, not just design.</p> I think we can design thoughtfully using current standards to allow for almost any resolution, although I’m not testing for anything lower than 640 x 480.

CSS allows us to express widths as a percentage of the container, which means we can make images and columns of text resize to fit almost any window, large or small. You can see some good examples of this technique at Open Source Web Design (http://www.oswd.org/), where you can also download the stylesheets and study them.

Although there are slight variations in the way browsers interpret this, it passes all validation tests and it works well in all browsers I’ve tested. It looks good, too.

I believe that all web browsers are moving toward full compliance with the W3C specs, and I design with that in mind. The best thing we can do to accomodate everyone is to keep the layout simple and use techniques that are well understood by any modern browser. It’s no mystery that the most stylish sites are elegantly simple and load quickly. I think it’s important for designers to understand that they are delivering content, not just design.

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