IRN101
03/28/2007, 22:31
I've been building websites for 11 years. I've made almost all of them variable width. The few that I have made fixed width I have done so for 800x600 screeens...
However, I am working on a design that I adore... BUT it doesn't really work as a variable width design. At least I don't like the way it spreads out.
And I don't want to make it 800px wide because it looks to cramped.
SO... Around 60% of users are viewing sites with browsers at 1024, and only 14-15% are at 800, the rest are all higher than 1024...
The userbase for this site is going to be professionals and those with higher incomes. I expect them to have larger monitors and higher resolutions.
I ran across a script that would allow me to use a different stylesheet for different resolutions. Once a resolution is below, 100px (or whatever I select) it loads another stylesheet.
I like this idea, except that the navigation I wanted to use was going to be graphical as opposed to text.
Do I just use text links (horizontal) so that I can convert the CSS file for smaller resolutions? Or do I say to hell with the smaller resolutions, they will need to change their resolutions, and make the nav graphical and keep the design the way I want it?
The site is 100% css/xhtml, fully semantic and mostly accessible. The only thing that wouldn't be would be the graphical rollovers, if I used them. I really like the graphics too... sigh...
However, I am working on a design that I adore... BUT it doesn't really work as a variable width design. At least I don't like the way it spreads out.
And I don't want to make it 800px wide because it looks to cramped.
SO... Around 60% of users are viewing sites with browsers at 1024, and only 14-15% are at 800, the rest are all higher than 1024...
The userbase for this site is going to be professionals and those with higher incomes. I expect them to have larger monitors and higher resolutions.
I ran across a script that would allow me to use a different stylesheet for different resolutions. Once a resolution is below, 100px (or whatever I select) it loads another stylesheet.
I like this idea, except that the navigation I wanted to use was going to be graphical as opposed to text.
Do I just use text links (horizontal) so that I can convert the CSS file for smaller resolutions? Or do I say to hell with the smaller resolutions, they will need to change their resolutions, and make the nav graphical and keep the design the way I want it?
The site is 100% css/xhtml, fully semantic and mostly accessible. The only thing that wouldn't be would be the graphical rollovers, if I used them. I really like the graphics too... sigh...