I use fixed width design because of the usability issues of fluid widths
with high resolution monitors and the mess caused by a small resized
window. Is there really a problem with devices with small screens? My
mobile phone interprets fixed witdth pages so that I can easily scroll
down the content.
I don't like designing with hacks, so for a fluid design to work on IE6
is just too risky. I am hopeful that the final version of IE7 CSS will
support min-width and max-width, then we will all be able to design
fluid layouts that are both usable and accessible without iffy hacks.
Keith
> 2 If you go for fixed width, you're discriminating against
> the rising number of devices that can browse XHTML but don't
> have standard desktop monitor display sizes (you can write
> separate anticipatory style sheets for these, but why
> struggle to keep up when you can plan for accessibility?).
> Also, if your user overrides or changes their browser text
> size you're usually scuppered with fixed width, plus you
> might at time need to accommodate content outwith your
> control (like a long hyperlink label or wide table).
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