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In search for a flexible, space efficient layout

Submitted by vlado on Tue, 2005-11-08 11:03.css | javasccript | webdesign

Space efficient web page layout is an often desired, but rarely achieved design goal. The problem comes from one of the main side effects of the web technology - you never know how big is the screen of the viewer. Some "solutions" you might encounter are

  • old-school "best viewed at XxZ resolution"
  • fixed width layouts, centered on page - a lot of blogs use that
  • fixed width layouts, left or right aligned - have a look at the bbc website
  • using the "defect" as a design feature

You can find a lot of good examples for all of the above at the csszengarden.

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