> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-www-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake
> Sent: 27 October 2004 19:03
> To: Ned Lilly
> Cc: Gavin M. Roy; Omar Kilani; pgsql-www@postgresql.org;
> pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; emily@tinysofa.org
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [pgsql-www] PostgreSQL.org
> Design Proposal
>
> >
> >
> > Well, that's a call for the design pros. But take a look
> at leading
> > mass-market sites - Yahoo, AOL, eBay, NY Times, etc. They're still
> > hardcoded to 800.
>
> Yes, and remarkably hard to read due to the amount of data
> they try to squeeze into that space :). I am not saying we
> should not support 800x600, I am just saying that 1024x768 is
> probably a decent enough constraint. If you are browsing the
> web in 800x600 you expect to have to scroll a little
> (emphasis little).
We need to support 800x600 for users that may have vision problems - I
know a few users that run at that resolution on large monitors for that
reason. In .uk, it's now a legal requirement to cater for those users.
Regards, Dave.
