Re: Getting the attention of spyware & adware perpetrators

From: Beauregard T. Shagnasty (a.nony.mous_at_example.invalid)
Date: 03/02/05

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    Apollo wrote:
    > "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote
    >
    >> Most commercial web designers will test their work using IE 5 and
    >> then 6, FireFox and one of the Netscape browsers. They will test
    >> on Windows 98SE, Windows XP, and then on Apple and a Linux
    >> variant in order to make sure their pages are fully browser
    >> compliant. They will also test at 800x600, 1024x768, and
    >> sometimes at 640x480, although 640x480 is becoming very rare
    >> these days.
    >
    > Sorry, I should have mentioned that I was using IE6, it does
    > display fine in FireFox 1.00.
    >
    > I would say that 800x600 is starting to become less common too.
    > With the amount of 17"/19" monitors around now 1280x1024 is common,
    > and pages should be tested at this resolution and maybe even
    > higher.

    Everyone (not just you guys, all web designers) should stop thinking
    about the size of the monitor, and think about the size of the browser
    window. Which could be any size. Not everyone surfs with a maximized
    browser window.

    http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?AnySizeDesign

    <quote>
    So there are two accurate answers to "Which resolution should I design
    for?":

         * All of them
         * None of them
    </quote>

    One well-designed site will work everywhere. 

    -- 
    -bts
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