Monitor size will affect web site output ?

Hi guys,

There are web sites look differently when we view by using wide screen monitor rather than normal stardard screen.

Is there anyway we can fix this issue.. I dun wan my websites to look unprofessional due to the screen size...

when i use firefox, it looks fine but the text looks bigger when I use IE to view... some web sites look fine in both browsers...

I have checked their code but it looks the same to me but why some web sites have no problem with screen resolution ?

Can somebody give me a solution please..

thank you

Hi, Alicia.

Unfortunately, this is one of the pitfalls of web design. Sites will render differently at different resolutions and default fonts and sizes are largely based on browser and operating system settings.

The best practice is to design your site at the most commonly used resolution. Typically this is 1024x768. Allow some room on the side for the different browser clients. I typically keep my site to around 1003 pixels wide. This prevents horizontal scrolling while allowing for a vertical scrollbar in IE, FF, Opera, and Safari.

You can also use client-side scripting to determine the user's resolution settings and dynamically adjust your site accordingly. Obviously, this is a much more difficult solution.

As for fonts...those can be controlled somewhat through CSS, but they can always be overridden by local settings.

hi guys,

it is still not working.. please have a look into this web site created by our business partner.. the font still looks bigger when we will it by using IE (widescreen monitor) but it looks fine in firefox

http://www.niix.com/V2/

Please advise what have they missed.. even they removed all css, it still the same..

thanks in advance

This is a known IE bug; there are hacks for this. This may work:

body {
font-size: 100.1%;
}

Try, this may be your lucky day!

it is working but only on the home page.. why is that so???

they used the same code for other pages but we got the same output.

Please advise

Well, it should work on all places. Is your browser cache the problem perhaps?

I know I missed the original issue, but the fonts look okay to me using IE6.
Is it still a problem, or was it since fixed?