Fluid vs Fixed Width

[Harmain]

Fluid Width is my first prefrance and i suggest it always.

[clorets01]

I keep my sites fixed because I'm a bit lazy, but I recommend fluid if you can.

[abajan]

Originally Posted by clorets01

I keep my sites fixed because I'm a bit lazy, but I recommend fluid if you can.

My sentiments exactly. More power to those who are able to handle fluid layouts but for weeks I was struggling to get one of my sites (a photo gallery) to display consistently across a wide range of browser/platform setups and seemed to be getting nowhere fast until I decided to just go with a simple centered, fixed-width layout.

Now my site looks the same in all of the browsers I’ve tested it in - even IE6! (Well, to be totally honest, there’s just a slight variation between IE6 and the rest but it doesn’t break the layout at all.)

I know some might be wondering why I didn’t just use one of the several free photo gallery services but I kinda like coding this stuff myself - at least to a certain degree.

[warnesey333]

Always fixed- you know exactly how it will look on other (higher) resolutions.

Yes I may have a large monitor but I don't think it is wasted space.

[vhinz316]

Fluid I guess is the best so that for large lcd display the site will automatically stretch out.