From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Organization: Aglio Database Solutions
To: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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=20
necessary.

=46rom what I can tell, Fixed-width vs. Variable-width is a *tradeoff*, and=
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gain and lose things either way.    Let me sum up the pros for each:

=46ixed-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?

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco