http://webhost.bridgew.edu/etribou/layouts/skidoo_redux/ on 2008-02-14
an example of bad web design — A misuse of min-width
Page information
Skidoo Redux
This is the third
generation of the Skidoo layout. It was developed from
scratch to produce a new stylesheet that documents, in detail,
every single quirk and hack in the layout.
Assessment
The page demonstrates a CSS layout using float.
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All content is wrapped in a
<div>, then the font size is reduced. -
min-width: 600pxis applied to the whole layout. How does that actually help someone viewing in a smaller window?
The author seems to want to avoid the layout breaking up in narrower windows, but the problem is that the layout is not suitable for narrower windows! (No multicolumn layout is.) The breaking up of the layout actually helps the visitor, who is unlikely to want the components displayed side-by-side.
