I don't like fixed width pages personally (my computer should do what I want, not what someone else wants me to want), but you can appease more reasonable people by changing "width: NNNpx" statements to "width: NNem" or "max-width: NNem".
Using "em" rather than "px" fixes the width at a certain number of times the height of the element's font, so you should always get the same number of characters on a line, no matter the user's font size. Using "max-width" instead of "width" makes life easier for people who have particularly narrow screens (or large fonts), but will give you problems with IE. Then again everything gives you problems with IE, so I generally code to the standard then add IE-specific CSS by adding something like: <!--[if lt IE 7]> <link href="ie6.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> <![endif]--> <!--[if lte IE 7]> <link href="ie7.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> <![endif]--> This gives you an "ie6.css" file that's rendered in all IEs before IE7, and an ie7.css that's rendered in all IEs before IE8. IE8 allegedly won't need its own file of special cases, but it should be obvious how to extend the technique if you find that's not the case. This technique is based on that recommended by the IE team for including IE-specific CSS: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/10/12/480242.aspx - Andrew -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
