On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 08:35:45 -0400, Miro Jurisic wrote
In article <20050404045007.M6858@crystalclearsoftware.com>, "Jeff Garland" <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> wrote:
I favor user control over publisher control.
This can be designed so that you can use a custom style sheet to override.
Sure, that's alot more work then just using the resize control on my browser.
ps: In case you can't tell this one is a pet peeve of mine -- I really, really dislike fixed width sites. Let's not make Boost one of them.
I don't think that "this is a pet peeve of mine" is a valid argument.
It isn't an argument -- it's a statement of passion.
You are basically saying that we should sacrifice readability for the majority of users who will come to the site and not even be aware of the fact that the reason that the web site is hard to read is that their window is wide. I don't think that's the right tradeoff here.
The assertion that the site is hard to read for the 'majority of users' really isn't backed up by any facts. You're assumming everyone has a wide display, small font sizes, etc. Not everyone does. I say the site is perferctly readable and that a non-fixed design allows users easy control the parameters. I guess we'll have to do a survey... Jeff