Re: [boost] Re: Front page, one last time.

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-14 16:27:33

David Abrahams wrote:
> Rene Rivera wrote:

>>Note, I did not originally go this way because I know how much of 
>>"traditional" group Boost is ;-) So I tried not to stray too far from 
>>the current layout.
> 
> I think you should try it.  As you might guess from
> http://www.boost-consulting.com I am not averse to it.

I will... I just have to grapple with my own fears of copying myself as 
it will look like the design I'm doing for Spirit :-\

>>The margins are already font proportional. I think you meant inversely 
>>proportional? Which is not possible.
> 
> No, I mean proportional. 

OK..

> That is, I would like to have a maximum width
> into which all of the page text will flow. 

Possible, but has its own set of problems..

> I'd like that width to
> normally be considerably less than that of my screen,

Not possible.. The problem is defining "my screen". Since that changes 
for everyone one can never have a measure that includes everyone. Of 
course it is theoretically possible to dynamically find that size using 
Javascript, but then we know how much luck we've had with Javascript.

> and I'd like it to
> change proportionally to the font size.  If that's what you've got, it's
> not showing up on IE6 or Firefox.

What I currently have is that all measurements are specified in em's 
(the width of 'M' for the untrained), unless it's something that is 
specifying the size of a bitmap image. This means that the margins will 
be larger when you make the font larger, and inversely smaller font, 
smaller margins.

I alluded to problems.. One is that the 'max-width' CSS property, which 
is what you are wanting, is only available in CSS2. So browsers like IE 
don't support it.

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