A way to mitigate long lines and keep a purely liquid layout is to use ëconcertina paddingí. Every width, padding and margin is set as a percentage of the window width. So as the browser is made wider, the white space increases thus limiting the spread of the text. This technique also means that one can design using a grid in such a way that each page element remains in correct proportion to the others. Clagnut itself is an example of concertina padding in action.Doug has a nice response up about going fixed, and then back to liquid. It's interesting to see this debate rear it's UGLY head again. I myself think that there is no single best way and that your design should depend upon your needs, audience and requirements. Both are good, both have strengths, both have weaknesses.
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