Re: [Sheflug] Re: New Front Page

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 2 May 2000, Steve Tickle wrote:

> >This is where I disagree ;)) As a (professional!) HTML author, I *much*
> >prefer percentages - they scale. And center is a complete no-no, so I
> >guess I disagree with both of you ;)) Of course, it depends on your HTML
> >syle (it's like Kung-Fu ;). I would prefer:
> >
> ><div align='center'><table cols='3' width='90%' border='0'> ...
> 
> Well, yes, I agree with you on the <CENTER> bit. Although I'd included it 
> in my snip, was actually concentrating on the "WIDTH=" parameter. I still 
> prefer to set a maximum page width before I start to use percentages 
> afterwards... the scaling is part of the problem is it not?

Scaling is not part of the problem in my book ;) I write pages that will
be viewable on any system; scaling is mandatory. As I said, you lose
control over where stuff goes, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the
page looks bad. Setting a maximum width means that you start getting large
white space on decent monitors, which can make things unreadable.

Cheers,

Alex.

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