DrDoc - 3:49 am on Feb 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

This is definitely an interesting topic.

Luckily, like encyclo mentioned, screen readers are not the problem here. Instead, I think we are dealing with a combination of users with "tools" such as pointer wands and similar. We are also going to have to worry about old people, or just the average Joe who certainly do not want to scroll sideways too much OR have an entire paragraph on one line either :)

I have found that fixed layouts based on screen resolution works well. I default to something that fits 800×600 ... Then, using JavaScript I check the screen resolution in the browser. If larger than 800×600 I import a second style sheet which expands the layout (based on prior calculations on my part). Sometimes I also include a third stylesheet if the screen width is larger than 1024×768, to cater to those with large monitors.

Typically, I also increase the font size marginally for each larger resolution.