Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 00:37:51 -0500 (EST)
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Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996, Walter S. Rowland wrote:
> Greetings All,
>
> Some time ago, I think I read a post on this list
> about how some new versions of browsers would not
> display a 600 pixel width table on a 640 pixel width
> monitor without requiring the user to scroll right.
>
> It appeared that some new browser windows had increased in
> size.
Remember, MS-Windows itself eats quite a bit of real-estate. If the
browser has a border, scroll-bar, MDI frame, and an application level
border, you can easly eat up 20 pixels/side. Add features like frames
and tables and life gets real interesting.
Fortunately, most systems support 800x600, which reduces the problem a
bit. You might want to carefully consider whether you really want a
600x400 image holding your user's in limbo as they suffer through a
modem/slip/X.25 connection that yields a net throughput of 400
bytes/second. Your Prodigy, AOL, NetCom, and Compuserve/GNN customers
will probably not be adding your site to their hotlist after you lock up
their machine for 10-20 minutes to gratify your artistic expression.
>
> Please help! One of our clients is adament about a 600 pixel width site!
Guess he won't be pleasing anyone who uses Microsoft Explorer, Mosaic, or
the Prodigy, AOL, or Compuserve web browsers. Ask him if it's really
worth alienating 6 million out of 36 million users to have every pixel
count. He isn't trying to ship PDF is he?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Walter Rowland
>
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