percentage vs pixels?

i heard always to use percentage to define things in CSS
because pixel is browser/OS-specific?

zach

in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets, Zach wrote:

i heard always to use percentage to define things in CSS

Good idea, often. Also learn about em unit.

because pixel is browser/OS-specific?

Not really. It just is bad unit for screen. There is many more things
that make px different size than just OS and browser.

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"Zach" <netrek (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

i heard always to use percentage to define things in CSS
because pixel is browser/OS-specific?

No, because % is more flexible.

Steve

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ok i will look into em, thanks.
is there css site that can analyze my css code?

zach

On 16 Feb 2005 15:02:27 -0800, "Zach" <netrek (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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is there css site that can analyze my css code?

If you could be convinced to spend some time on the FAQ for this NG you
would not need to ask such a question (and not a couple of the other Q's
you posted before either).

(hint...you can find it in the Google archive for this NG)

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Zach wrote:

i heard always to use percentage to define things in CSS
because pixel is browser/OS-specific?

zach

Actually, pixel is resolution-specific and monitor-specific. 35%
of Web surfers still use 800x600 pixels; slightly over half use
1024x768. Then, there are those who surf while using Web-capable
cell phones and similar devices.

Use percentages so that all these can properly view your pages.

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complies with Web standards. See <URL:http://www.mozilla.org/>.