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Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Fluid Web Design
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Designing for the Internet is very different than designing for print. The main difference between the two is that when you design for print you know exactly what the proportions of the finished piece will be; if it’s a business card or a letterhead, you know what size it needs to be designed for and what size it will be printed.
With web design however you have no idea how big the finished design will be because your design is dependant on the resolution of the end user. If they have a small resolution, such as a 640×480 screen size, your design will look very big on their screen (possibly even be too big for them) whereas if your end users has a much larger resolution, such as a 1024×768, your design may be too small.
One option is to use a fluid design for your web design, which means that your design expands to the size of the screen of your end user. This ensures that no matter how large their screen size, your design will always fit the screen and no space will be wasted.
The main drawback with this is that your design may be compromised depending on the screen size of the user, meaning that your design may not look particularly great on larger resolutions.
At Click Consult, we know whether using a fluid design or not is the best option for your website, depending on your target audience and their most likely screen resolutions.
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