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Originally Posted by DrTandem1
Sometimes the visitor is using a huge monitor and using an expandable design will make reading sentences impractical.
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That's what the CSS "max-width" property is intended for ... limitating the size of elements.
As I said, you can get IE to handle this with the IE7 script.
Another solution could be to define the width of text columns by EMs. So the width would depend on the (user-)chosen font size.
Anyway, there are a number of methods to handle the "big monitor problem". But honestly, what are big monitors for? If you have a 1600xsomething, why would you use it for fullscreen windows? They are meant for having multiple windows open at the same time. Having a program like WORD open at 1600 fullscreen is likewise strange ...
And if you use 1280xsomething and big fonts because of impaired vision, everything is ok again (IF you have a liquid design).
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The brother-in-law is only 47 but already has default text set to largest to make it easier on his eyes. Definitely eye-opening, and as a baby boomer he'd represent a large market.
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Did you ever work in an office? Have you noticed who gets "the work done"? I tell you, it is not the 25-year-old junior executive with the nice big monitor and good eyesight. He hands the work over to the secretary, which is in her/his forties, uses heavy glasses and has to work at a 1024x768, set to 800x600 AND big fonts just so she/he can read and write text easily. And guess who suggests a product or service found on a website? ... ? Right.
As for the "different version for PDA/Smallscreen": No. That's the beauty of XHTML/CSS design. One markup fits all. No extra development. No extra maintainance. No extra costs.
My opinion ...
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