Comments on: Elastic or not? http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/ Web standards, accessibility and such like with a bias toward Government web sites Mon, 21 May 2012 14:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RE Mogul http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-37367 RE Mogul Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:17:57 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/#comment-37367 Wrap the critical body (main div) information only. Let the toolbars, sidebars, and navigation elements float and expand outside the defined window. Alternatively, allow navigation elements and sidebars to expand on mouseover -- wrapping it all-in-one. Wrap the critical body (main div) information only. Let the toolbars, sidebars, and navigation elements float and expand outside the defined window.

Alternatively, allow navigation elements and sidebars to expand on mouseover — wrapping it all-in-one.

]]> By: RE Mogul http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-37039 RE Mogul Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:58:50 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/#comment-37039 "I assume most have reasonable vision." My vision is roughly 1/3 of yours -- If I'm zoomed 3x, I see AS WELL as you. I need not be STRICTLY an outlier, though. Most users compute "hunched." Most users squint. Visit a busy computer access area for verification, if you must. A site: ez for me is enjoyable for better eyes, too. Though (as I've probably made clear) I know very little about code/developing I know good web design when I see it! The simplest solution would be: columns. Horizontal scrolling is then PERFECTLY OK, as everyone already has right/left buttons. Just let the page BE, add modularity so that horizontal is simply an ADDITIONAL navigational feature. Who doesn't like efficient & ez navigation? Yes, COLUMNS! Back to Old School. :::::::::THIS PAGE >> COLUMNS::::::::: ARTICLE: LEFT EVERYTHING ELSE: RIGHT Zooming would essentially transform the 1 page into 2, with horizontal-access to tie them together. A zoomed page allows for more comfortable, reclined reading, and who doesn't want to be comfortable? “I assume most have reasonable vision.”

My vision is roughly 1/3 of yours — If I’m zoomed 3x, I see AS WELL as you. I need not be STRICTLY an outlier, though.

Most users compute “hunched.” Most users squint. Visit a busy computer access area for verification, if you must.

A site: ez for me is enjoyable for better eyes, too.

Though (as I’ve probably made clear) I know very little about code/developing I know good web design when I see it! The simplest solution would be: columns. Horizontal scrolling is then PERFECTLY OK, as everyone already has right/left buttons.

Just let the page BE, add modularity so that horizontal is simply an ADDITIONAL navigational feature. Who doesn’t like efficient & ez navigation?

Yes, COLUMNS! Back to Old School.

:::::::::THIS PAGE » COLUMNS:::::::::

ARTICLE: LEFT
EVERYTHING ELSE: RIGHT

Zooming would essentially transform the 1 page into 2, with horizontal-access to tie them together.

A zoomed page allows for more comfortable, reclined reading, and who doesn’t want to be comfortable?

]]> By: Ben Buchanan http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-35487 Ben Buchanan Sun, 25 May 2008 14:14:09 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/#comment-35487 Interesting, I had to decide on this for my new blog design. I used a combination of percentage widths and min/max pixel widths. There's only actually a 250px range, but I catered to 1024x768 as my lowest resolution. 800x600 sees the main content and second column, but has to scroll for the third column. For your audience though, as described here, I think avoiding horizontal scrolling is a higher priority. So it sounds like your solution is about right. BTW, there is an IE6 filter for max-width... depends if you're willing to use filters or not :) Interesting, I had to decide on this for my new blog design. I used a combination of percentage widths and min/max pixel widths. There’s only actually a 250px range, but I catered to 1024x768 as my lowest resolution. 800x600 sees the main content and second column, but has to scroll for the third column.

For your audience though, as described here, I think avoiding horizontal scrolling is a higher priority. So it sounds like your solution is about right.

BTW, there is an IE6 filter for max-width… depends if you’re willing to use filters or not :)

]]> By: Nick http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-35480 Nick Sun, 25 May 2008 03:49:33 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/#comment-35480 John, yes I had considered max-width, unfortunately a large number of users including all internal users are on ie6 :-( John, yes I had considered max-width, unfortunately a large number of users including all internal users are on ie6 :-(

]]> By: John Faulds http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-35431 John Faulds Sat, 24 May 2008 10:19:04 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2008/elastic-or-not/#comment-35431 Can you not use max-width instead of javascript for constraining the width of the container? Can you not use max-width instead of javascript for constraining the width of the container?

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