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Monitor Mayhem

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Will your web site colors be the same on all monitors? Which type and size of monitor should you design for? Is it possible for a web site to look attractive on a wide range of screen sizes and resolutions? This chapter describes the problems and explores the possible solutions. The following topics will be presented and discussed:

  • Monitors and the problem of color rendition

  • Monitor sizes and resolutions

  • Monitors and the problem with fixed-width layouts

  • Monitors and the problem with liquid layouts

  • Monitors and semi-liquid layouts-the best solution

  • Other monitor-related considerations

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West, A.W. (2012). Monitor Mayhem. In: Practical HTML5 Projects. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4276-5_12

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