A1Burokas@aol.com
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:28:32 EDT
I wrote
>>We've tested [IEBA.com] down to 800x600. The frame should be an actual pixel
>>width. We found that when it was a percentage, and 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.
In a message dated 6/18/99 10:13:56 AM, philipmh@learndynamicmedia.com writes:
>Sadly then, another site for me to avoid. I do all surfing on a Powerbook
>5300 at 640 x 480. Sites with large, fixed frame sizes, just end up on my
>'way too difficult to bother with' list.
Okay. I just tested it on my screen set to 640x480. The left frame does
not resize. This means that even at 640x480, all the menu items on the left
are visible. When you click on a selection that has sub-selections, then the
entire list will extend past the bottom edge of the window. Clicking in the
window and dragging will allow you to access those selections. The character
at the end of the list will actually close up all the sub-menus, making the
list fit in a 640x480 screen.
The right windows do reflow the text to fit the thinner than designed
dimensions and are readable without side-to-side scrolling. Some windows have
graphics in tables. These do not reflow. However, this information is
supplimentary to the text and thusly, is not critical. If the visitor
desires, they can use the "workaround" which would be to scroll from side to
side to view that graphic.
I must note that I was using AOL 4.0 to try this, which breaks the
browser into two parts- the viewing window, which I resized to fit my whole
screen, and the toolbar, which holds the URL, back, forward, etc buttons. I
am not using a late version of Netscape with 2, 3, 4... different information
bars at the top of the screen. Thankfully, though, once you get somewhere,
you can collapse them.
This being the case, I am satisfied my my site's viewability at 640x480.
Anthony
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