Web Designers Anonymous

800 Pixel Width Confession

[graywolf]

Dear Webmasterworld,

It's been 4 sites since I've built a liquid layout site. I know liquid sites are better, and I recommend them everyone I know, but I just really like the way sites that are fixed to 800 pixels wide look now. I mean c'mon at least all of my new sites are valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, doesn't that count for something? Anything?! ... Help me I'm so ashamed ....

[createErrorMsg]

I know liquid sites are better

You're one up on me; I'm still in denial about this.

[rocknbil]

It's nice to know you're anchored to something, (i.e. a set pixel width) even if that something will change next year.

When it gets down to it - take solace in the fact that 90% of the viewers of your site don't care about the things that drive us to therapists.

[chadmg]

Not to mention that an 800px wide website doesn't fit on the printed page. ;)

[le_gber]

Not to mention that an 800px wide website doesn't fit on the printed page.

depends - if you used one stysheet for screen and another one for print it does

[edit_g]

Not to mention that an 800px wide website doesn't fit on the printed page

768px is the magic number.

I still think fixed layouts are the best - people aren't used to fluid and it makes them feel uncomfortable. ;)