A1Burokas@aol.com
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:42:17 EDT
In a message dated 6/17/99 3:27:27 PM, outlawed@pobox.com writes:
>The best way to avoid issues
>like this is to thoroughly test the site for several resolutions and
>specify percentages for dimensions when possible.
We've tested it down to 800x600. The frame should be an actual pixel
width. We found that when it was a percentage, nd the viewer's screen was
very small, the browser would make the left pane thinner and it would break
the lines weird. The left frame also has scrolling disabled, so if the lines
break, then you can't get to the bottom items.
I can see your reasoning now that if it is set to a fixed width, this
may also cause the lines to break if the font is rendered too large on the
visitor's browser. This would also make it hard to see/reach the bottom items.
Yes, I know you actually _can_ get to the bottom items by clicking in
the window and dragging, but the majority of people browsing observe that
there is no scroll bar and don't even try. So I'm dammed either way.
Thankfully, the vast majority of people browsing (and the clients I want to
reach) usually have monitors with higher resolutions and thusly, more screen
space- so it's not an issue.
Our site is a little bit wider than a single page width, but nowhere
_near_ as nasty as some sites I've visited recently where there were multiple
frames and, for some reason, the text wouldn't wrap. So you had to scroll to
the right for quite some time to get to the end of the sentence. (This was
observed on a PC running Windows 95 and Netscape, not my Mac, so it coulda
been the PC.)
We also use a +1 size font throughout the site because we find it's
_much_ more readable. If you have problems fitting the windows on the screen,
and your browser has the ability to change the size of the fonts, you can
reduce the size as shown on your screen and this may make things work for you.
As it is, the video clips are 320x240 so they also take up a huge
portion of screen real estate if you have a tiny window.
Anthony
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Anthony Burokas, Media Technician, IEBA Productions, Inc., Phila. PA
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