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Originally Posted by Jack OAT
I disagree. I have made a lot of fixed size backgrounds. I usually go with 1600 wide (with content of course kept below 1000) ... the trick is to have that background fade out AND positioned correctly. This way, users with 1600+ wide resolution can see the whole image and then whatever it fades out to becomes the bg color. It's simple really, but takes some planning.
The beauty of the body tag is obviously that it doesn't create that vertical scrollbar even if it is wider that the users resolution. It's crazy not to take advantage of that.
If done right, users at 1024 see most of the bg image, users above that see all of it and users below it may see none of it, but that's the price THEY pay for being blind LOL
I'll try to find an example of what I am talking about...
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I know what you're talking about, but why would you make it 1600 wide? If you're just doing a color fade, make it 1px wide. Loads faster, looks the same. By making it 1600 wide, you're just wasting bandwidth. Even if it's just a few k.
If it's not a color fade but an image fade, then you're still screwing yourself for people with larger resolutions, unless it's an image that is horizontally repeatable.