Web Design Garage

Chapter 17. Creating Liquid Layouts with Tables

Liquid or expando layouts are layouts that automatically resize themselves to fit the visitor's browser window. Compare liquid layouts with their fixed-width counterparts, which use absolute measurements like 600 pixels or 760 pixels, no matter what size browser window the visitor prefers.

GEEKSPEAK Liquid or expando layouts are layouts that automatically resize themselves to fit the visitor's browser window.

The obvious benefit to liquid layouts is that they take advantage of all available screen real estate, which makes them look classier. Liquid layouts don't seem too compact when you view them in very wide browser windows, as fixed-width layouts sometimes do. Moreover, visitors with huge monitors ...