[wp-hackers] Re: The fixed with of the admin area

[Viper007Bond]

http://justinsomnia.org/2006/10/resizeable-form-fields-for-firefox/

One of the best plugins ever.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com>
wrote:

> On Mar 3, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Kimmo Suominen wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 12:49:11PM -0800, Charles wrote:
> >>> Like any other piece of software, users can and will size the
> >>> window like they want it.
> >>
> >> In practice, Windows apps (more so than Mac apps) are generally used
> >> full-screen.
> >
> > Please provide pointers to studies backing that up.  I've never known
> > that to be the case.
>
> I know a number of (non-geek) Windows users who don't even know that
> you _can_ run their browser smaller than fullscreen.
>
> I doubt you'll find a lot of studies, but there's a whooooole lot of
> anecdotal evidence.  It's a trend -- nobody claimed it was an absolute.
>
> Here's another bit of anecdotal evidence for you: Look at the number
> of fixed-width sites out there that assume ~ 1000 px wide.  That's
> aimed squarely at Joe User running 1024x768 maximized.  I visited
> three bank websites the other day, and they _all_ did it.
>
> > I generally never use apps in full-screen mode on my Windows machines,
> > slide-shows typically being the exception.
>
> Yes, but you're a geek. ;)
>
> Personally, I prefer sites that are designed fluid up to a point --
> that is, max-width.  Even better if based on em or %, so that as font
> size rises, so does the width.  Looks good on a smaller screen (or
> small window), and scales well on higher resolutions if the user
> bumps the font size.
>
> Oh, and one last point -- many browsers allow you to resize a text
> window.  Safari, for one.  i think Firefox too, with a plugin....
>
> Stephen
>
>
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