Sorry Gerhard I misunderstood your point. Scrolling sideways should never happen on a well designed page regardless of screen size and resolution (800x600 being the lower limit).
After 800x600 you are getting into mobile device territory and I have no experience with design for them yet.

Thanks Lou I misunderstood.

I must go and get some work done outside, I'll post back when I have more done on the page and css.

Cheers.

On 17 October 2014 08:35, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:
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> On Thursday 16 October 2014, Michael . wrote:
>> That's a common misconception that sites designed to suit big screens
>> make
>> you scroll around if you're on a smaller screen.
>> 2 facts need to be understood.
>> 1. It is the amount of content on a page that makes users scroll around.
>> 2. Using percentages makes the page adjust itself on difference
>> resolutions
>> and screen sizes.
>> If you use a fixed width and someone on a small screen has to scroll
>> around
>> because there is so much content then so does someone with a larger
>> screen.
>> You saw my screenshot The exact same content, not the same look  is on
>> my
>> laptop. I have to scroll on both screens but it would be nice if I
>> didn't
>> have to on my desktop because of design features.
>> If you use % then the page adapts itself to suit the screen.
>> If you don't want to scroll around the only solution is less information
>> on
>> each page.
>>
> I might have misunderstood parts, I'm no native speaker. Only for
> clarification. There is no problem scrolling up and down - the mouse wheel
> works well for that. Problem is if have to scroll left and right. This
> should not happen.
>
> Gerhard

You stated your point clearly, and I agree with it.  The basic
functionality you describe has been available since the dawn of the
Internet; modern designs should not interfere with it (within limits of
course; at some point the graphics won't allow the page to compress any
further horizontally--the current page reaches this point at around 600
pixels wide, which is fine as far as I am concerned).

Tim
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