Another, slightly more complex example is www.perl.com which uses some
simple table formatting to achieve good results at most browser sizes. This
site uses a combination of % based and fixed <TD>s to maintain a reasonable
look at most resolutions.

FWIW

Cheers
Adam Clarke
Principal
Strategic Data Pty Ltd

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damyan Ivanov [mailto:divanov@creditreform.bg]
> Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2000 3:38
> To: IBDI@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [IBDI] interbase2000.org design
>
>
> From: "Damyan Ivanov" <divanov@creditreform.bg>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helen Borrie" <helebor@wr.com.au>
> To: <IBDI@onelist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 5:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [IBDI] interbase2000.org design
>
>
> > On another community site I maintain, which goes back to the days when
> > monitors were 14", we set an 800 limit. We get moans and groans from
> > people about all the whitespace at the right hand side. You can't
> please
> > everyone. Any reason you can't use the scroll-bar? Just curious...
> <snip>
>
> Helen,
>
> I browse often, like all of us and no other site requires from me to
> maximize the browser window so I can view the whole page at once.
>
> About the whitespace - that is what the '<table width="100%">' is for. Fix
> the width of the first column and the second will fill up the rest space.
> No whitespace and no need to scroll horizontally. I personally prefer to
> scroll in two directions only - up and down.
>
> What we need is a simple functional site. Take a look at www.apache.org
> for example. Even www.interbase.com is simpler, yet funcional.
>
> If you an the others there don't have time to work on the site, fine.
> Information is there and whoever wants to find it will find it one way or
> another. I just wanted to share my thoughts.
>
> I am ready to volunteer my spare time for this site if there is such need.
> You can reach me at <damyan at creditreform dot bg> if necessary.
>
> thank you for your time,
> ________________________
> Damyan Ivanov
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