tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283954356437794617.post515422153562694809..comments2023-09-19T10:42:00.033-07:00Comments on The Perl NOC: SimPlanet2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283954356437794617.post-90766274306486166472005-06-26T03:47:11.000-07:002005-06-26T03:47:11.000-07:00Oooh, max-width. I like it.Oooh, max-width. I like it.<br>Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283954356437794617.post-29624105963252139972005-06-25T21:01:51.000-07:002005-06-25T21:01:51.000-07:00Regarding the width something like max-width: 35em...Regarding the width something like max-width: 35em works quite well, in that it limits the max line length for people with wide browser windows (which is otherwise difficult when you have to jump from the end of one line to the start of the next).<br>By using max-width rather than width you avoid posing too wide a width on those with narrow windows (which causes horizontal scrolling, which is horrid to deal with in running text); and by using 35em rather than something in pixels or whatever, it's proportional the font size, so that those with big fonts on big screens do get to use all the width and don't have ridiculously short lines.<br>Of course that's only for browsers that support max-width; 'IE' doesn't, but then it just ignores it so it won't make things any worse than they are at the momment. Or you could look at Dean Edwards's ie7, which I think kludges in max-width for 'IE'.<br>Smylersnoreply@blogger.com