Aug 17

a little help here

Posted in computer

i mentioned the monstrous appearance of the front page of my site, brtom.org, over on the school computers … so … i tweaked the page a bit & got it down to 780 px width …

today the tech guy tried to adjust my school computer’s monitor display … but he still couldn’t get the whole width to fit … i.e. one must still scroll left & right … so …

i really need some feedback here (i’ve already heard from you, mom, thanks) … if you would take a moment to look at that page on your screen & tell me how it looks, i’d appreciate it much …

does it completely fill your horizontal space? do you need to scroll left & right to see the whole thing?

OR

does it fit nicely on the horizontal plane? and perhaps there’s even a bit extra on the sides … can you see your desktop back there?

this matters to me because i care how my site is being perceived … i know how irritating that left-right scrolling can be … and i wish i could introduce it to my students with it looking its best … alas, that don’t seem likely

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  1. 1 Amy Lester
    3:43 pm - 8-17-2006

    It fits on my screen with lots of room on the left and right. No scrolling necessary.

  2. 2 Steven D.
    5:30 pm - 8-17-2006

    It looks great for me. I’m using a resolution of 1280 x 800 on a 12.1 inch screen. Although, I can see you being a little cramped for space if you viewed it on a screen with a resolution closer to 800 x 600, which, if I remember correctly, is what lots of computer at Carmel are running at.

    I love the redesign. I took a screenshot to give you an idea of what it is looking like from here.

    http://missingwords.googlepages.com/brtom.jpg

  3. 3 brtom
    6:37 pm - 8-17-2006

    now that’s very interesting … those are the very number the tech guy used …he said “it wouldn’t even fit at 1280 X 800″ & now here you are seeing it fine at that resolution … weird … but this is just more proof that carmel is different … carmel is special …

    thanks for the screenshot … but more weirdness: i first clicked it & saw the picture … then left & clicked again & foudnnothing but gobbledygook … as in … €§ÿ‹£çýL`ü7œÛÚÁ¯$)aûÄÿW.rdn~|ò1À‘ß5ÕÁ§Ê ApQ¥ 7² )=ȧңû. ÿA…ÿÀSÿÅÑö][þƒ ÿ€§ÿ‹¢þb,gûQýŸíUþË«Ðaðÿñt}—Vÿ Âÿà)ÿâ还?

  4. 4 brtom
    6:39 pm - 8-17-2006

    o … but Refresh briongs the picture back … thanks, Steve … it does look good there

  5. 5 Pat
    11:54 pm - 8-17-2006

    It looks fine on my laptop, Tom.

    yrs, Pat

  6. 6 Tim
    1:26 pm - 8-18-2006

    Looks good from Haiti on a 12 inch screen…and that’s saying something.