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Date:      Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:09:33 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
Cc:        www@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: width of #container
Message-ID:  <863bn9lm3m.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20051010112915.3be7419c@localhost> (Fabian Keil's message of "Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:29:15 %2B0200")
References:  <861x2t280w.fsf@xps.des.no> <20051010112915.3be7419c@localhost>

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Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> writes:
> IMHO wasting 25% for white space, especially  if the browser window
> is small, is still too much.

Giorgos's suggestion (using min-width to set a lower bound) should
take care of small browser windows.

> If the user considers long lines hard to read, he can always
> resize his browser window to fit his needs.

It's not about long lines, it's about space and visual balance.  Open
any book and you'll see that the text does not run to the edge of the
page.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no




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