Thanks for your comments about "chunking" hypertext. But how
do 13". 15", 17" screens actually differ from the browsers'
point of view? Are screen fonts like Times 10 or Arial 12
absolute in pixels or relative to screen size? A 40" tv
has no more lines than a 20". Are computer monitors the
same?. I assume a 17" screen has more pixels than a 13"?
Do we get absolutely more text of the same size, more
extended display of the same text, or a mix? Of course
the literal 13" screen is now sold as a 15" nominal,
standard for Win 95 machines. By the way, what are the
default screen fonts for RUCS Netscape machines?
Your book list is expecially welcome--
Heyward
> Hi all,
>
> Through experience and from reading an excellent book about webpage design
> (listed below) I've found that the screen size has a *lot* to do with how
> your webpages should be designed. Even though there has been a tendency
> toward larger screens in the past few years the majority of available
> screens on the average are 13" in diameter. You should plan on having your
> message displayed screens of this dimension. Further, as with certain
> newspapers (the Wall Street Journal comes to mind since it's the one I read
> most frequently), you should make every attempt to have the major points
> of the webpage you are designing to appear in the first screenful (remember
> 13" diag.) and other less important points below (where someone may have to
> scroll down to see them). The reason I mentioned the WSJ is that this
> paper puts all important points above the fold of the paper and lesser
> points below where a reader has to flip the paper over to see them.
> Likewise with your webpage design, the pertinent points should be on the
> first screen and the lesser ones down where someone will need to scroll to
> see them. Also, you should *never* make your pages so long that
> someone will need to scroll down 2 or more screen sizes to see all your
> points. If your page is going to be long, break it up into subpages with
> links off your main page.
>
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