I would think that would be better. None of us knew that it was automatically compensating for a browser.

G'day,

If the size discrepancy is caused by factoring in the browsers "chrome", wouldn't the height be more affected than the width (there's generally more "junk" at the top of a browser than at the sides)? Both the examples quoted below state a static height but a difference in the width.

Both examples (1152X864 -> 1080X864 (reduction of 72 pixels) and 1024X768 -> 960X768 (reduction of 64 pixels)) show a width reduction of 6.666% and a height reduction of 0%.

If this is caused by factoring in browser chrome, shouldn't the reduction in both examples be the same, in terms of pixels?

Cheers,
Ewen :-)

Scrolling vertically is 'normal' and expected. It's the horizontal scrolling that you want to avoid...

I don't believe so... While I've never measured the pixel count on various screens, I'd fully expect them to be more % based than pixel based.

Source?

The width in pixels of window elements is generally (unless specifically coded otherwise) fixed. The width of the scroll bar in a 1024X768 window is the same width (in pixels) on a 1280X1024 window.

This is why I thought the reduction should have been by the same amount, regardless of screen resolution or window size.

Ewen :-)

Some comments on horizontal screen scrolling...it dates back a couple of years, but could still be considered a standard by some.
http://www.howtonotmakemoneyonline.com/2009/01/why-horizontal-scrolling-is-bad.html

It is not clear to me who wrote the article and what kind of authority they had to write it, but I can definitely recall that when I did my web design courses, it was one of the things we were encouraged to avoid. Having said that, I see that some designers actually use the horizontal scrolling as a design "feature", often for "arty" sites where the scrolling covers several "page widths" and not just a few badly placed pixels.

Many thanks, group. Very enlightening discussion. By the way, the design contest I entered is one of many available at CrowdSpring.com, if any of of you are interested.

I see how to make a listing, but not how to enter any of the contests.



I was always told to not let it happen on accident, but if I was doing it on purpose to make it very obvious and very user-friendly.