X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E861A3A5324 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:04:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18569-04 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:04:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosting.commandprompt.com (128.commandprompt.com [207.173.200.128]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66FEA3A532E for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:04:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.1.20] (clbb-248.saw.net [64.146.135.248]) (authenticated bits=0) by hosting.commandprompt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iAMI4Af2015750; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:04:10 -0800 Message-ID: <41A229F0.3000302@commandprompt.com> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:03:28 -0800 From: "Joshua D. Drake" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Berkus Cc: Robert Treat , PostgreSQL www Subject: Re: "Stretchy" vs. Fixed-width References: <200411181953.10646.josh@agliodbs.com> <200411221030.02586.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> <41A21F99.70607@commandprompt.com> <200411220958.19991.josh@agliodbs.com> In-Reply-To: <200411220958.19991.josh@agliodbs.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------070805040808050207030108" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/328 X-Sequence-Number: 6059 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070805040808050207030108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >>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. > > Ahhh I haven't see one flame in this thread??? I don't believe that Robert would have considered that a flame (at least I hope not). >>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? > > I agree with everything but the emphasizes. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- Command Prompt, Inc., home of Mammoth PostgreSQL - S/ODBC and S/JDBC Postgresql support, programming shared hosting and dedicated hosting. +1-503-667-4564 - jd@commandprompt.com - http://www.commandprompt.com PostgreSQL Replicator -- production quality replication for PostgreSQL --------------070805040808050207030108 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="jd.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="jd.vcf" YmVnaW46dmNhcmQNCmZuOkpvc2h1YSBEcmFrZQ0KbjpEcmFrZTtKb3NodWENCm9yZzpDb21t YW5kIFByb21wdCwgSW5jLg0KYWRyOjs7UE8gQm94IDIxNSA7Q2FzY2FkZSBMb2NrcztPUjs5 NzAxNDtVUw0KZW1haWw7aW50ZXJuZXQ6amRAY29tbWFuZHByb21wdC5jb20NCnRpdGxlOkNv bnN1bHRhbnQNCnRlbDt3b3JrOjUwMy02NjctNDU2NA0KdGVsO2ZheDo1MDMtMjEwLTAzMzQN CngtbW96aWxsYS1odG1sOkZBTFNFDQp1cmw6aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tYW5kcHJvbXB0LmNv bQ0KdmVyc2lvbjoyLjENCmVuZDp2Y2FyZA0KDQo= --------------070805040808050207030108--