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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [b]poi said:[/b] Depends on the site.Fixed layouts assume the visitors all have the luxury of having a browser window with/emulating ~1000px width. good for you. It is simply wrong : there are plethora of devices from which people can access web content and not all of them have/emulate a fancy ~1000px browser window, ditto on some laptops and netbooks, and people who don't maximize their browser window ( cough Macs cough ) or have tool bars on the side of their browser window.For case where what matters is the text content, I'd say go fluid or elastic. ( e.g. #body_content{ width:40em; max-width:80%; } ), and with regard to font size it's better to use emHowever if the site is all about visuals, a fixed layout is justifiable and people will immediately realize that.Wes: Maybe it's a chicken and egg problem: users who can't access correctly such content can't be bothered to complain for the simple reason that they can't find their way on such site. [/quote] According to [url=http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp]this[/url] site 0% (rounded down I think) got a screen width <800px so a 800px wide site should be accessible by most people. But you have a point I know :D. But text areas should ALWAYS be fixed/have a max width or else it will be PITA to read by people with big screens. Loading...
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