Comments on: Going wider http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/ blog designer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:03:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Bulkeley http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Tim Bulkeley Thu, 11 May 2006 19:19:02 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1134 Columns can make the line length thing much less of a problem, especially if you allow your users to change the font size to suit themselves! Columns can make the line length thing much less of a problem, especially if you allow your users to change the font size to suit themselves!

]]> By: Serge Lescouarnec http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1133 Serge Lescouarnec Thu, 11 May 2006 13:52:13 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1133 Rachel From a user (reader) perspective, I like the wide screen if it displays the information better and reduces scrolling. I am not sure if I can implement it though on my blog and my websites due to limited time and technical limitations. Have a good Day Biz: http://www.njconcierges.com Blog: http://www.sergetheconcierge.com Rachel

From a user (reader) perspective, I like the wide screen if it displays the information better and reduces scrolling.
I am not sure if I can implement it though on my blog and my websites due to limited time and technical limitations.

Have a good Day

Biz:
http://www.njconcierges.com
Blog:
http://www.sergetheconcierge.com

]]> By: Pete http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1132 Pete Thu, 11 May 2006 13:09:22 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1132 Tim, it's damn hard to design for every possible screen width, not only with reading length as rachel points out, but with the difference in widths. Some people are still on 640 pixels, some are on 1024, some on 1280. Producing a layout that please everyone is not only very, very difficult, but also means sacrificing or changing other parts and losing functionality. Tim, it’s damn hard to design for every possible screen width, not only with reading length as rachel points out, but with the difference in widths. Some people are still on 640 pixels, some are on 1024, some on 1280. Producing a layout that please everyone is not only very, very difficult, but also means sacrificing or changing other parts and losing functionality.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1131 Rachel Thu, 11 May 2006 06:19:59 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1131 I hear you Tim. There's problems with having the design just fill the screen too - including reading length. I hear you Tim. There’s problems with having the design just fill the screen too – including reading length.

]]> By: Tim Bulkeley http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 Tim Bulkeley Thu, 11 May 2006 06:07:21 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1130 What as a user, rather than a designer, I can't understand is why people (graphics trained designers mainly) insist on designing for one width of screen. Users have different size screens, they opperate browsers in different ways, some full-screen but many in smaller windows... Why, oh why, not design the way screens are built, and html is written, for variable screen width!!! I detest those wretched blank spaces on either side of your pretty designs, just because you are too arogant to accomodate to your users! Sorry for the rant and that a "you" very plural and not you singular Rachel! What as a user, rather than a designer, I can’t understand is why people (graphics trained designers mainly) insist on designing for one width of screen. Users have different size screens, they opperate browsers in different ways, some full-screen but many in smaller windows… Why, oh why, not design the way screens are built, and html is written, for variable screen width!!!

I detest those wretched blank spaces on either side of your pretty designs, just because you are too arogant to accomodate to your users!

Sorry for the rant and that a “you” very plural and not you singular Rachel!

]]> By: Pete http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 Pete Wed, 10 May 2006 12:12:04 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1129 I think it's a great idea. I'm so tired of having massive margins to either side because of a small percentage of people on 800x600, I like the idea of having non crucial content in the right hand bar too so that horizontal scrolling is not neccesary even on 800 wide. The NYT redesign does this really well too, and gives it a much more newspapery feel. I think it’s a great idea. I’m so tired of having massive margins to either side because of a small percentage of people on 800×600, I like the idea of having non crucial content in the right hand bar too so that horizontal scrolling is not neccesary even on 800 wide.

The NYT redesign does this really well too, and gives it a much more newspapery feel.

]]> By: redstar http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/05/going-wider/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 redstar Wed, 10 May 2006 10:21:58 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/05/10/going-wider/#comment-1128 I had a little discusion about that on the WP forum. I made my new design for a screen resolution from 1024 x 768 or higher. My stats tells me that only 8 % of my visitors use 800X600. The discusion went about if one or another has to stil take that in mind, or just forget those people with small screens. My thougt about that is, that there are limits. Of cours it is a shame for those people, but the site is stil to watch, only different than when you look at it in a higher resolution, because the sidebar will move to under the content. A good solution I think. Because a horizontal scroll bar is a little bad. Just a little.... I had a little discusion about that on the WP forum. I made my new design for a screen resolution from 1024 x 768 or higher. My stats tells me that only 8 % of my visitors use 800X600.

The discusion went about if one or another has to stil take that in mind, or just forget those people with small screens.

My thougt about that is, that there are limits. Of cours it is a shame for those people, but the site is stil to watch, only different than when you look at it in a higher resolution, because the sidebar will move to under the content. A good solution I think.
Because a horizontal scroll bar is a little bad. Just a little….

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