Zack Curl wrote an article called Why Not To Create Fluid Layouts that does a great job of summarizing the problems with fluid layouts for modern web design. The bottom line is that fluid layouts are a Utopian ideal, but are somewhat impractical and problematic to implement. We’ll be sticking to fixed width layouts here in our design pursuits for the sake of consistency.
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Interesting reading. Im looking toward fixed width 1000px which is a compromise for widescreen monitor and the standard 4:3 ratio monitor. I thinks it vertually impossible for website designers to hit every target in this respect.
I agree with you, that’s a good reason to use a web traffic stats package like Google Analytics that shows the screen resolution of your visitors. Even if they don’t run browser windows maximized, it stills gives you a guess at your target audience window size.
Thanks for the comment.