The Interactive Dishwasher
a.k.a. The Kitchen Sink
Miscellaneous jottings
by Chris F.A. Johnson
Broken by design
Can anyone tell me why a web designer would add styling rules that don't affect the look of a page when viewed at what is perceived to be the most common window and font size, but that break the page when it is viewed in differently sized windows or with larger font sizes?
One of the great features of HTML (and the browsers that render it) is its adaptability. View it with a browser, whether it be Lynx, Links, Firefox, Konqueror, Epiphany, Safari, Opera, or even Internet Explorer, and the lines adjust themselves to your browser's window. (My comments apply to visual media, and, from here on, specifically to graphical Web browsers.) Change the size of the window, and the lines reformat themselves to fit the new size. Expand the window or contract it, and, within reason, the page will adjust itself to fit. Zoom in on the text, or specify a different default size for text in your browser — all is automatically and appropriately adjusted.