[lug] html default res.

[rm at fabula.de]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 08:17:17AM +0000, j davis wrote:
> Hello,
>  I hate it when I spend time tweaking a html page so that theres no 
> scrolling
> just to find people using less than 1024x768 res still have to scroll. So
> do most people write html for 800x600 res? If so will X care if I'm
> changing res all the time?

Hi JD,

you can't really tweak HTML to display in a certain area - this does not
only depend on the screen size of the client but also on the fonts the client
has installed (read: browser, operating system, private font installs etc.).
A Helvetica from MS Windows has a differnet run length than an Apple on than
an Adobe one ... The true art of good HTML design lies in the independence of
your code from such details -- unfortunately few designers really know about
these issues and even fewer master them (can you tell that i just spent a week
explaining theses things to "web artists" ... ? :-)

 Ralf