Geeks like to fight, I think. Mac v. PC. Tables v. CSS. Flash v. HTML. And so on.
One of the never-ending debates in the web design world is fixed width layouts v. "liquid" layouts. Fixed width means that designer specifies a width (say, 700 pixels); liquid layouts expand and contract based on the size of the browser window. Designers have also come up with "jello" designs, where some parts are liquid and others are fixed.
Mike Golding has posted an interesting article advocating fixed width design. Also note a nice, lively discussion on the topic after the article.
Update: Nick Finck chimes in with a number of links on the subject.
Posted by Karl
December 9, 2003 10:41 AM