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Post by Tenjen on May 16, 2008 10:06:15 GMT -5
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Post by Nixie on May 16, 2008 12:48:14 GMT -5
.... Oh. Well, crud. I had to absolute position the banner image because it otherwise didn't go into the corner, but the header is too long... Hrmm. Maybe I'll have to shrink the banner image... No, that wouldn't make much difference... Crud. I'll have to have a big empty space up top.
There, fixed it.
This mistake was made because my monitor has a high resolution. There's about three and a half inches between the text and the banner on my computer.
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Post by Kristal Rose on May 17, 2008 3:20:23 GMT -5
As much hassle as it is, if pro website design is your goal, you should be testing at different resolutions in different browsers.
Cool image he's got there.
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Post by Nixie on May 18, 2008 17:56:42 GMT -5
I can't lower my resolution for some reason, and I only have Firefox and Internet Explorer...
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Post by Kristal Rose on May 19, 2008 21:24:28 GMT -5
You know how one normally goes about reseting their resolution though, right?
I wouldn't worry about NS. I expect NS users have mostly moved on to Firefox. Firefox users are probbly more likely to update too, so the only real concern there is whethar or not to support back to IE5.5. On the other hand, 600x800 users are probably still not uncommon. I wouldn't design for them, but at least make sure they can scroll to see things.
Sounds like you got a widescreen monitor? That's probably ahead of the curve by five years, for the day people combine their DVD and computer usage. A dual monitor setup would have been more useful for having more work space and still seeing what others do. You can probably find a second used monitor and graphics card for $30.
A decade ago I used to try staying ahead of the curve, then found the wisdom of Wolf's approach, build with what everyone has installed already, and don't invest in learning a technology until it's stabilised and proven it will stick around. It's not as exciting, but much more practical.
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Post by Nixie on May 19, 2008 21:48:37 GMT -5
I don't have a widescreen. When I got my monitor it was set to 1024 x 768, but I raised the resolution to 1280 x 960. When I try to bring it back down, I get ugly streaks across the monitor and it's so blurry I can't read text. When I try to make it higher (it goes up to 1600x1200) some of my programs stop working correctly with the tablet. Specifically, Flash and Manga Studio seem to think the mouse is positioned about two inches higher and to the left of where it really is. I'm pretty sure people will keep gravitating toward higher resolution monitors, though. I just neglected to test EVERY page in a smaller browser...
I didn't make this site !E 5 sound. I can't test to see if it's compatible, because I don't have IE5.
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Post by Kristal Rose on May 20, 2008 0:20:51 GMT -5
You might need to try a different combo of colors or refresh rates at different resolutions.
I've never tested for different versions myself, because it's a chore to update a browser while still keeping the prior one around.
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