PHP, on the other hand, is logical and simple.

That’s hilarious. I’ll grant you that CSS layout can be a little… counter-intuitive? I find it a lot easier than PHP though. I think I’d do better with PHP if I did it more. Currently I just do a little, and that’s just nuts.

hdw on May 31, 2006 at 11:20 am said:

I’m floored by the amount of poor design I see. A lot of the designs are done by people who make their living at it too. You could argue that the standard is no longer 800×600, but even that is no excuse. Scroll bars are annoying, but some websites I see, the design breaks at those sizes. Sidebars drop out of place, pictures overlap text… That’s just idiotic. It’s nice that their design looks good on their 24 inch monitor, but that’s not who it’s designed for!

Yes, I’m well aware that most monitors won’t show columns A-N in Excel without scrolling (I have a widescreen HP notebook). And yes, the designs break. I’m a “table code layout” person. That I understand. I still don’t get this div layout stuff.

PHP, on the other hand, is logical and simple.

hdw on May 31, 2006 at 9:56 am said:

Nice post. I’m a graphic designer who’s learning PHP. Sort of the reverse problem. Despite the fact my blog is currently fixed width, I find the current trend in making everything fixed width annoying. Most (maybe all?) of the sites I’m paid to work on are fluid. It takes more time to get them to work in CSS, but I think the impression is better.

What really floors me is that so many themes show horizontal scrollbars at 800×600. Unless somebody forgot to send me the memo, 800×600 is still supposed to be the standard resolution for web designers.