FW: [Web4lib] 800x600 Browser Resolution

[Gimon, Charles A]

Ideally, layout would work at most or any resolution. Try using the
catchphrase "liquid layout" with the designers, see if that rings any
bells for them.

Sometimes the deeper issue is that someone has specified that a set of
items "be visible as soon as you visit the site". If important info is
scrolling off the right-hand site at some resolutions, then eliminating
the right-hand scroll will mean that it scrolls off the bottom. It's
gotta go somewhere. And, the better you allow people to set their own
font size for accessibility, the more likely it is that larger font
sizes will lead to more vertical scrolling.

It's possible (I'm only speculating here) that the designers are trying
to fit everything into a visible area, so they're defining a specific
visible area to fit everything into.

It really comes down to managing expectations. Horizontal scrolling =
bad. Accessibility = good. Vertical scrolling, quit worrying so much
about it--it's liquid.

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Franklyn, Virginia
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 11:39 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] 800x600 Browser Resolution



> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm currently involved in a web project for a vendor that is using a 
> 1024x768 browser resolution, meaning that screens set to 800x600 
> scroll to the right.  Those of us involved in this project at my 
> library feel strongly that the project should have 800x600 capability 
> to accommodate our patrons and staff who have trouble viewing a 
> smaller resolution.  I work for a public library so a major concern of

> ours is catering to the needs of public users.
> 
> My question is for public libraries, what browser resolution do you 
> use and why?  Also, if anyone has any solid information about web 
> accessibility regarding browser settings, I would be greatly 
> appreciative if you could send it my way.  I'd like as much background

> as possible as I make my argument.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your time.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Virginia
> 
> Virginia T. Franklyn
> Web Developer
> Pikes Peak Library District
> 719-531-6333 x1129
> http://library.ppld.org
> 
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