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From: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
To: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Robert Treat <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL www <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: "Stretchy" vs. Fixed-width
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:58:19 -0800
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Josh, Robert, people:

> >Whether you "like" it is opinion (highly dependent on the proximity of
> > your browser settings to those of the designer in the fixed widht world).
> Ahh your second point is still very much an opinion. It doesn't
> matter how much you state it as a fact, it is still an opinion.

Can we kill this now?    We're none of us so rich in free time that flames are 
necessary.

From what I can tell, Fixed-width vs. Variable-width is a *tradeoff*, and you 
gain and lose things either way.    Let me sum up the pros for each:

Fixed-Width
	-- Supports more polished designs
	-- More "corporate"
	-- supports better visual organization of navigation
	-- better for websites with many images
	-- cuts down on scrolling
	-- emphasizes design

Variable-Width
	-- Supports a greater variety of browser/language settings
	-- More "open source"
	-- better for large quantities of text content
	-- emphasizes content

Do people agree with the above points?

-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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