This new design wasn't meant to be "fluid" -- as was discussed before the design process was started... Some of us wanted fluid, some didn't. And, honestly, that argument was ended and we shouldn't bring it back at this stage.<br><br>In any case, the site _should_ be designed so that increasing the font size doesn't "break" the site. All of the "divs" should conform to these changes in size.<br><br>Tim<br><br><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(34, 67, 127); border-width: 0pt 0pt 0pt 2px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px;"><font face="verdana" size="2">--- Original message follows ---<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: Maemo Site<br><b>From: </b>Andrew Flegg <andrew@bleb.org><br><b>To: </b>"List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org><br><b>Date: </b>12/22/2008 2:44 pm<br></font><br><br>On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Andre Cunha
<andre.cunha@openbossa.org> wrote:<br>><br>> You mean that we should set the htmls to stretch in different resolutions?<br><br>Yes.<br><br>> Why is that better?<br><br> 1) It keeps the aspect ratios and improves usability when a partially<br> sighted user uses a larger font.<br><br> 2) It better scales to devices with different screen resolutions - and,<br> as tablet users, we should be well aware of the problems of a fixed<br> width design which doesn't fit in 696 or 800px. Similarly, if a user<br> chooses to have a large window on a big screen, you limit their<br> freedom by constraining the content into a narrow column.<br><br>More arguments and info:<br><br> http://htmldog.com/ptg/archives/000012.php<br> http://www.htmldog.com/ptg/archives/000011.php<br> http://jontangerine.com/log/2007/09/the-incredible-em-and-elastic-layouts-with-css<br><br>HTH,<br><br>Andrew<br><br>-- <br>Andrew Flegg -- mailto:andrew@bleb.org |
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