by kidino » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:46 pm
Percentage or Pixels ... Hmmm ... this has always been a debate.
With percentage, there's this term called rubberband design which allows your design to shrink and expand to the screen width. In many ways, that is great. You design should be OK on all screens. The thing is that you should try your design on a few screen width and see the outcome yourself. If it looks OK on all screen, then fine ...
With pixels, it easier to maintain. Your design is fixed and does not move around to the screen width. It's just that some may still be using the 640x480 screen. Actually, I normally use the pixel and make my design to fit the 800x600 screen.
Depending on the type of website I am making, I make my content table width from 600 to 780. For multiple column, I would use 780 or so. For sales page, one column website, I may just use 600.
Which you should use ... ? I can recommend the pixel but I have nothing to back it up with. I think, by the end of the day, maybe it's up to what you are comfortable with and what you think is suitable for your viewers.