Resolution-dependent Web Design
Posted on November 16, 2005
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Resolution-dependent design: scaling the data presentation to fit the available screen size. This reminds of some of the stuff people used to do with Java apps, before it was universally decided that doing this with Java apps was a pretty bad idea.
Dynamic Resolution Dependent Layouts from Particletree:
With dynamic layouts, the possibilities really are quite endless. You can change 3-column layouts to 2-column layouts, provide appropriate font-sizes to increase legibility, and even reward higher resolution viewers with extra content and larger images. And no, you don’t have to put php in the CSS or lose the caching benefits of using external stylesheets to make it work.
I particularly like this spiffy practical application of it from The Man in Blue: Resolution dependent layout.
Like everything web I expect this’ll catch on, get over-used, become abused, and finally settle into being a useful and appreciated part of the web design arsenal.
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