Is it worth styling a page?

[Mr Initial Man]

I've been working on my webpage, viewing it it different browsers and resolutions, and I've come to one question regarding CSS/Javascript: What's the point?

Trying to find a layout that looks good in all window sizes is a nightmare. If my webpage works in 800X600, it's too small in anything larger. If it looks good in larger resolutions, it's too large in 800X600.

Moreover, I'd say a good half of the people (as pointed out here (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=819918&postcount=6)) out there will have their own stylesheet for whatever I create, which renders my work moot.

So I'm wondering if it's at all worth it trying to create a style sheet for my webpage.

[Ness_du_Frat]

I think it is. Otherwise, what would be the point of webdesign ?
As I said on your other post, design for 1024x768 and drop the 800x600, that almost nobody uses anyway.

[drhowarddrfine]

What's the point?So pages will look and act as you intend them.

Trying to find a layout that looks good in all window sizes is a nightmare.You shouldn't try. I scale up/down two levels only.

Moreover, I'd say a good half of the people (as pointed out here (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=819918&postcount=6)) out there will have their own stylesheet for whatever I create, which renders my work moot.Personal stylesheets are rare. I don't know anyone who does this and only hear of people who do that on web dev forums, nowhere else. I never consider this.

[webtea]

I think it is. Otherwise, what would be the point of webdesign ?
As I said on your other post, design for 1024x768 and drop the 800x600, that almost nobody uses anyway.
Depends on who your projected audience is. If I'm building a site for 'elderlyforums.com', I'm going 800 x 600 all the way. A recent analysis where I currently work of our customers indicates within a reasonable margin of error that about half use 1024 x 768, about half use 800 x 600. There's probably a reason people still use 800 x 600, so I build mainly for them. It's annoying for me, but I have to please the masses.

[JPnyc]

It's more than possible to design a site that fills the screen at all resolutions. It's more work for sure, but not THAT much, and it's the way to go, imo.

[wamboid]

Moreover, I'd say a good half of the people (as pointed out here (http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showpost.php?p=819918&postcount=6)) out there will have their own stylesheet for whatever I create, which renders my work moot.
Actually, even that doesn't render your work moot. In that post, he is actually saying that he wants you to use CSS rather than inline styles so that there will be classes and ids to pick up on, enabling him to make a personal style sheet. As drhowardfine said, this is probably very rare for someone to do. I personally only know of one. She wants everything in shades of purple. When I happen to occasionally look over her shoulder, I usually have to divert my eyes quickly, or lose my vision for the next 5 minutes.

[felgall]

The simplest designs are:

1. Fixed width centred where the gap either side gets bigger as the browser gets wider
2. Variable width where the content reflows to fill a fixed percentage of the browser width.

With either of these the content should work for most browser widths. It is only where you want to get more sophisticated than that (eg. a variable number of columns depending on the width) that the CSS starts to become more complex.

If you set up a design that will work with a 750 pixel width then you save yourself the trouble of having to create a separate print stylesheet.

[saintpretz59]

If your site doesn't look good, many people won't want to stay and look around. Instead of using pixels as your unit of measurement, try inches, centimeters, or %s.

[WebJoel]

I prefer "em" for fonts, to make them re-sizeable for those whom need to. In order to let the text now 'overflow' the container though, the container needs to be 'em' sized, too.

px or em, -my faves. pt ("point") for media="print" stylesheets, or "in" if graphics to print.

[KDLA]

So I'm wondering if it's at all worth it trying to create a style sheet for my webpage.

I thought the same thing when styling a CMS system for work. I went through and applied styles for every sort of text tag, just to create a uniform look and/or save them time. But, it's just wasted. They go in there, cut and paste info. from Word, styled their own "unique" way, in their favorite font (most times non-standard) and in their favorite colors.

I've not known anyone to use personalized stylesheets, although a bunch of people here at work have CSS disabled. As to screen resolution, I'd guess that 25% of our employees have 800x600 resolution (even though we have huge monitors). Most of them prefer the large resolution because the "magnified" size makes possible reading text without reading glasses.