Comment Re:Table widths? (Score 2) 155
It really doesn't matter what design rules you follow and how well you follow them, the only thing that matters is this: does it look good or crappy? The redhat site (and all its look-alikes) looks real crappy on my browser, and it seems like it looks crappy on other people's browsers too. You can say that it follows some set of design rules 'till you're blue in the face, it doesn't change the fact that it looks crappy on my browser (and many others).
A site like slashdot looks great whether I access it on my laptop at 1280x1024 or on the library PC at 800x600. There is a simple reason why it works: don't hardcode anything. If I like to read text with 30 characters per line or 132 characters per line, I'd like to be the one to make that decision, and I'd like to be the one to configure my browser to display sites in that way, not some pompous old designer who can't see the difference between designing for a glossy magazine and a website.
I'm intelligent enough to configure my browser with the proper font and window sizes, please don't insult my intelligence by imposing your own standards on me!
A site like slashdot looks great whether I access it on my laptop at 1280x1024 or on the library PC at 800x600. There is a simple reason why it works: don't hardcode anything. If I like to read text with 30 characters per line or 132 characters per line, I'd like to be the one to make that decision, and I'd like to be the one to configure my browser to display sites in that way, not some pompous old designer who can't see the difference between designing for a glossy magazine and a website.
I'm intelligent enough to configure my browser with the proper font and window sizes, please don't insult my intelligence by imposing your own standards on me!
