Comments on: Fluid width, or fixed width? The debate… http://www.ginkgoconsulting.com/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aurelius Tjin http://www.ginkgoconsulting.com/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Aurelius Tjin Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:02:37 +0000 http://www.anubismarketing.com/articles/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/#comment-335 Thanks for the information. I really needed this one. :) Thanks for the information. I really needed this one. :)

]]> By: Andy http://www.ginkgoconsulting.com/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Andy Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:11:53 +0000 http://www.anubismarketing.com/articles/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/#comment-336 Yes, times do change and they change fast. Thanks for the reply. Yes, times do change and they change fast. Thanks for the reply.

]]> By: Lara Kulpa http://www.ginkgoconsulting.com/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Lara Kulpa Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:52:41 +0000 http://www.anubismarketing.com/articles/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/#comment-334 Hi Andy - Thanks for the comment and for your email! ;) This post is one of the older ones here on the site, and as you can tell by this site's design/layout, we're built fixed for wider than 800x600. :D The times change, eh? lol That said, I still think it's important to take a look at your audience or target audience when making this decision. If I thought that most of the people coming to this site would have resolutions of 800x600 ONLY, then I'd have made the minimum width narrower and likely fluid. Put it this way, you could design a fantastic fixed 1200+ wide layout that looks gorgeous. But if your target mainly uses 1024, then they're missing out on over 200 pixels of your site unless they do the horizontal scroll... and no one likes that! Hi Andy – Thanks for the comment and for your email! ;)

This post is one of the older ones here on the site, and as you can tell by this site’s design/layout, we’re built fixed for wider than 800×600. :D The times change, eh? lol

That said, I still think it’s important to take a look at your audience or target audience when making this decision. If I thought that most of the people coming to this site would have resolutions of 800×600 ONLY, then I’d have made the minimum width narrower and likely fluid.

Put it this way, you could design a fantastic fixed 1200+ wide layout that looks gorgeous. But if your target mainly uses 1024, then they’re missing out on over 200 pixels of your site unless they do the horizontal scroll… and no one likes that!

]]> By: Andy http://www.ginkgoconsulting.com/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Andy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:42:44 +0000 http://www.anubismarketing.com/articles/web-design/fluid-width-or-fixed-width-the-debate/#comment-333 What about maintaining the integrity of a design and formatting by using a fixed width? Is it better to use a fixed width for design continuity? Great site! What about maintaining the integrity of a design and formatting by using a fixed width? Is it better to use a fixed width for design continuity? Great site!

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