[maemo-community] Maemo Site

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Andre Cunha <andre.cunha at openbossa.org> wrote:
>
> You mean that we should set the htmls to stretch in different resolutions?

Yes.

> Why is that better?

  1) It keeps the aspect ratios and improves usability when a partially
     sighted user uses a larger font.

  2) It better scales to devices with different screen resolutions - and,
     as tablet users, we should be well aware of the problems of a fixed
     width design which doesn't fit in 696 or 800px. Similarly, if a user
     chooses to have a large window on a big screen, you limit their
     freedom by constraining the content into a narrow column.

More arguments and info:

    http://htmldog.com/ptg/archives/000012.php
    http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/archives/000011.php
    http://jontangerine.com/log/2007/09/the-incredible-em-and-elastic-layouts-with-css

HTH,

Andrew

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