[boost] Re: [website] More "improvements"..

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-03 20:45:44

"Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 17:35:02 -0400, David Abrahams wrote
>> "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>> > On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 23:33:31 -0600, Rene Rivera wrote
>> >> Allen wrote:
>> >> > The width is fixed, I think that's bad.
>> >> 
>> >> Why?
>> >
>> > I agree with Allen -- fixed width is bad.  Basically it wastes
>> > space on my monitor and forces me to scroll when I shouldn't have
>> > to.
>> 
>> But without a fixed width the lines of text tend to become
>> unreadably long.
>
> Unreadable for you, but maybe not for me -- if the page is designed
> to just flow then everyone can set the browser size however they
> wish and the page will wrap to fit.  This is how the current pages
> work.

True.  It's just a shame that browsers maximize to this silly
horizontal aspect ratio all of our screens use.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com