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On 9/8/2008 4:49 PM, Steve Carroll wrote:
> "Snit" <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote in message
> news:C4EAF7EC.D540C%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com
>> "Linonut" <linonut@bollsouth.nut> stated in post
>> Jrfxk.29037$bx1.7567@bignews1.bellsouth.net on 9/8/08 1:00 PM:
>>
>>> * Snit peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> "chrisv" <chrisv@nospam.invalid> stated in post
>>>> 70uac41dvd4fnj2k3vfv9dap8g33nanj35@4ax.com on 9/8/08 12:08 PM:
>>>>
>>>>> Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope. It is not just *my* preferences.
>>>>>> You are trampling on the preferences of a *lot* of people with
>>>>>> such a design. You are forcing *your* preferences on others.
>>>>>> Extremely bad design
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe not bad from Shit's perspective. He loves to annoy people,
>>>>> you know...
>>>>
>>>> Just for fun I decided to Google fixed-with vs. liquid. The
>>>> prevailing wisdom *clearly* agrees with me and not Peter (surprise
>>>> surprise, LOL!). Here is a sampling:
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.webreference.com/authoring/style/sheets/css_mastery2/>
>>>> -----
>>>> Fixed-width layouts are very common as they give the
>>>> developer more control over layout and positioning. If you
>>>> set the width of your design to be 720 pixels wide, it will
>>>> always be 720 pixels. If you then want a branding image
>>>> spanning the top of your design, you know it needs to be 720
>>>> pixels wide to fit. Knowing the exact width of each element
>>>> allows you to lay them out precisely and know where
>>>> everything will be. This predictability makes fixed-width
>>>> layout by far the most common layout method around.
>>>> -----
>>>
>>> However, the original intent of HTML was /not/ to produce fixed
>>> layouts.
>>
>> Irrelevant to how it is used today.
>>
>>> It was to produce readable web sites under a wide variety of
>>> conditions, and to encourage sites that could be understood by those
>>> who had to rely on hearing alone.
>>>
>>> The rest of your quotes were simply opinions, and opinions that do
>>> not take into account the needs of all people.
>>
>> What is good or bad design is, largely, opinion... though there are
>> specific goals that can be looked at and how well or how poorly a
>> specific design meets those goals can be measured. And, of course,
>> there is a benefit to doing things in ways that a user will be
>> familiar with (such as my navigation on the left hand side... very
>> common).
>>
>>>> For Peter to say it is "extremely bad web design" is just silly...
>>>
>>> He exaggerates. However, fixed width web sites are gauche and
>>> impolite.
>>
>> What do you base this on? Looking for opinions of different
>> designers I certainly do not find this to be the case.
>>
>>>> and shows
>>>> off how little he knows in the areas of web design. Seriously, is
>>>> there *any* technical topic he is not amazingly ignorant on?
>>>
>>> Trolling sign-off noted.
>>
>> Peter - again - lashed out at me on a technical issue and stuck his
>> foot in his mouth. Pointing out how he repeatedly does this is a
>> fair response to his BS.
>
> You troll everyone you know is better than you. And that means everyone.
> Maybe you should stop hating yoruself so much.
>
>

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