Pages left side or center -- why?
Mason C
screen and others are centered? Which is preferable?
MasonC
Mason A. Clark
http://frontal-lobe.info
rf
"Mason C" <maso...@XXXfrontal-lobe.info> wrote in message
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> Is there a reason why some web sites have their page on the left of my 16
> x 9
> screen
What does the size of your screen have to do with anything? Its the size of
your browser window that is the important thing.
> and others are centered?
Yes.
Clueless authors.
My web sites use all the available space the viewer provides to them.
> Which is preferable?
Which do *you* prefer?
John Dunlop
> [Mason C:]
>
>> Is there a reason why some web sites have their page on the left of my 16
>> x 9 screen and others are centered?
[...]
> My web sites use all the available space the viewer provides to them.
For a body of text, I think it's reasonable to suggest a maximum width. If
the viewport is wider than that maximum, either there will be space at one
side only or there will be space at both sides. Does it matter?
--
John
rf
"John Dunlop" <jo...@dunlop.name> wrote in message
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> rf:
>
>> [Mason C:]
>>
>>> Is there a reason why some web sites have their page on the left of my
>>> 16
>>> x 9 screen and others are centered?
>
> [...]
>
>> My web sites use all the available space the viewer provides to them.
>
> For a body of text, I think it's reasonable to suggest a maximum width.
Why?
Why impose your own personal limits on your viewer?
Lets say your viewer is very poorly sighted and likes to have her text 50
pixels high and everything fits nicely and readably on her 1583 pixel wide
browser window.
Then you waltz in and impose some arbitrary limit, say 1000 pixles, on her
"viewport". What then? You have stuffed up her viewing enjoyment. And to
what end? Simply because *you* think it is reasonable.
Chris F.A. Johnson
No one is suggesting a max-width in pixels (I hope), but setting
one in ems is entirely reasonable.
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John Dunlop
> [John Dunlop:]
>
>> For a body of text, I think it's reasonable to suggest a maximum width.
>
> Why?
So that the lines of text don't become too long. I don't think users
should have to resize their viewports to rein in long lines. Maximum
widths expressed in em units scale along with the font size. I'd err
on the side of the larger max-width for the sake of those who prefer
to read slightly longer lines. I expect no one prefers to read lines
that go on and on and on.
--
John
rf
> rf:
>
>> [John Dunlop:]
>>
>>> For a body of text, I think it's reasonable to suggest a maximum width.
>>
>> Why?
>
> So that the lines of text don't become too long. I don't think users
> should have to resize their viewports to rein in long lines.
Hang on a tick. Wouldn't the users have had to resize their viewports to
reign in long lines anyway?
Chris F.A. Johnson
Not if max-width is used.
rf
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2009-11-21, rf wrote:
>>
>> "John Dunlop" <jo...@dunlop.name> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2009.11.21....@john.dunlop.name...
>>> rf:
>>>
>>>> [John Dunlop:]
>>>>
>>>>> For a body of text, I think it's reasonable to suggest a maximum
>>>>> width.
>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>
>>> So that the lines of text don't become too long. I don't think users
>>> should have to resize their viewports to rein in long lines.
>>
>> Hang on a tick. Wouldn't the users have had to resize their viewports to
>> reign in long lines anyway?
>
> Not if max-width is used.
And max width is used on every single site that is not fixed width?