[maemo-community] Maemo Site

[From: Tim]

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.

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.

Tim

--- Original message follows ---
SUBJECT: Re: Maemo Site
FROM:  Andrew Flegg 
TO: "List for community development" 
DATE: 12/22/2008 2:44 pm
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Andre Cunha  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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