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25.08.05
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With all the hoo-hah over the launch of the new ALA, I read with interest the interview with Jason Santa Maria over at Malarkeys place . What strikes me about this redesign is that it has been so focussed on typography. Jason has spent a long time on the details, as well as the overall, and by god it shows.
Now, I’m going to have to be careful here, because Jason is a friend, but there was one thing in the interview that just didn’t sit right with me:
“We don’t support 800×600 anymore, nor do we 640×480. Do you? People flipped when sites stopped supporting 640×480… now no one says a word. Things change. Trust me, you are going to see more sites stretching out their legs and putting their feet up.”
As a designer (coming from a print design background) I’m with Jason. I would LOVE to think ‘to hell with 800×600’, and get that bigger canvas to work on. However, I also know that not everyone maximizes their window. They may have 1024, or much higher, but thats not to say that they don’t keep their browser windows at only 800px wide. For the record I have mine in a widescreen letterboxy format- full width, but leaving room so that I can see my Stattoo dock. Thats what its all about – everyone has their own preference.
What about future proofing? The ideal that’s touted when using web standards. Its always amusing to come across a site from the 90’s that was rigidly designed for 640×480. This tiny site sits up in the top left corner of the screen, with a large "
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