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Should css layouts resize nicely or not?

Hi

Does it matter if a site built with CSS resize nicely or not? I see
some very fluid that even with the browser window reduced to 30%, the
site still looks the same, others do not resize at all and if you
reduce the window, content just disappears nothing overlaps. Finnaly
some just become a mess as soon as you start reducing.
I would say they should resize nicely but I want to hear what the pros
have to say.

Thanks a lot

Patrick

Dec 8 '05 #1
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I'm not a pro by any means, but I believe that layouts that resize. But I
also believe that it's a matter of personal taste, or the client's desires.
I dunno...to me that's like asking, "should everyone wear jeans"?, or
"should everybody drive the same car?".

It depends on what you want. If you want the site to resize, then do that.
If you want the site a fixed size, do that. I like sites to resize so that
they conform to fill the screen at most resolutions. I personally don't like
having to view a 640x480 site on a 1280x10124 monitor and seeing all that
blank space.

To each, their own, IMHO.

Viken K.

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Hi

Does it matter if a site built with CSS resize nicely or not? I see
some very fluid that even with the browser window reduced to 30%, the
site still looks the same, others do not resize at all and if you
reduce the window, content just disappears nothing overlaps. Finnaly
some just become a mess as soon as you start reducing.
I would say they should resize nicely but I want to hear what the pros
have to say.

Thanks a lot

Patrick

Dec 9 '05 #2
varois83 wrote:

Does it matter if a site built with CSS resize nicely or not? I see
some very fluid that even with the browser window reduced to 30%,
[...]
I would say they should resize nicely but I want to hear what the pros
have to say.

That is the Holy Grail of WWW design.

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Dec 9 '05 #3
On 8 Dec 2005 15:16:54 -0800, "varois83" <va******@netzero.net> wrote:
Does it matter if a site built with CSS resize nicely or not?


These are separate questions. A "pure CSS" design isn't especially
likely to re-size well, just because it was built with CSS. You also
have to design the site _to_ resize fluidly.

Fluid resizing is generally seen as a good thing. CSS can help, but it's
not a guarantee.
Dec 9 '05 #4
varois83 wrote:
Hi

Does it matter if a site built with CSS resize nicely or not? I see
some very fluid that even with the browser window reduced to 30%, the
site still looks the same, others do not resize at all and if you
reduce the window, content just disappears nothing overlaps. Finnaly
some just become a mess as soon as you start reducing.
I would say they should resize nicely but I want to hear what the pros
have to say.

Thanks a lot

Patrick

Yes, they should resize nicely. As you point out, the alternative is
ugly or unusable. Why would you want that?

'Resize' is a bit of a red herring here. You don't know what size the
user's window is, and the user probably just left that window the same
size that they always use, so a better way to state the question would be:
Should my web site look nice in whatever window size the user has, or
should it look nice only if they happen to have their window sized
exactly as mine was when I designed the site?

I think that wording makes the answer more obvious.

Chris Beall

Dec 9 '05 #5
Thanks to all. I agree with Chris, this is what I meant to write.
I like my own to resize well.

Patrick

Dec 9 '05 #6
varois83 wrote:
Hi

Does it matter if a site built with CSS resize nicely or not? I see
some very fluid that even with the browser window reduced to 30%,

<snip>

30% of what?

Stewart.

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