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10-28-2005, 10:03

Tony wrote:

> I'm not targeting pixel-perfection, but keeping table headers and contents
> aligned with each other is nice.

It's a myth anyway. Pixel perfection can (and often is) achieved. While
a lot of people whine about not trying for pixel perfection, go look at
actual web sites out there. How many millions of commercial & popular
sites have pixel-perfect designs? Of course some of them fall apart
when you increase your font size or use less popular browsers, but so
what? It really doesn't matter, so long as you are maximising your
target audience.

> > What happens when the next big thing in browsers is delivered? Will that
> > mean that every page one ever built has to be re-worked to accommodate its
> > quirks?
>
> Probably.

That's just daft. If you design a web site to last that long, then
really you need to rethink how you market your site. WWW is moving
along to fast. Browsers go through a generation about every two years.
You should be at least revisiting the design of your site way more
often than that. That's when you can adjust your site for new abscure
releases of browsers IF NEEDED. It's not as simple as that anyway;
generally you design for a browser engine, which will generally render
fine in all versions of the browser.

10-28-2005, 10:03	#66 (permalink)
SpaceGirl Civilians	Re: Browser usage by useragent Tony wrote: > I'm not targeting pixel-perfection, but keeping table headers and contents > aligned with each other is nice. It's a myth anyway. Pixel perfection can (and often is) achieved. While a lot of people whine about not trying for pixel perfection, go look at actual web sites out there. How many millions of commercial & popular sites have pixel-perfect designs? Of course some of them fall apart when you increase your font size or use less popular browsers, but so what? It really doesn't matter, so long as you are maximising your target audience. > > What happens when the next big thing in browsers is delivered? Will that > > mean that every page one ever built has to be re-worked to accommodate its > > quirks? > > Probably. That's just daft. If you design a web site to last that long, then really you need to rethink how you market your site. WWW is moving along to fast. Browsers go through a generation about every two years. You should be at least revisiting the design of your site way more often than that. That's when you can adjust your site for new abscure releases of browsers IF NEEDED. It's not as simple as that anyway; generally you design for a browser engine, which will generally render fine in all versions of the browser.