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mathias · 19-10-2006, 11:54

Sites that align all content to the left are curious to me. Why do that? Running 1600 res, half the right-side of my browser's viewable area is all bg. There may be a top aligned title bar that runs the whole width, but that don't help.

It's so much more natural for the eye to go to the middle of the monitor. I think it's quickly becoming a thing of the past, but why are so many sites' content anchored on the left? Rarely to the right, but I've seen that, too.

A Few Examples:

http://arvest.com/banking/
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
http://www.creativelatitude.com/index.html

pgo · 19-10-2006, 11:58

Because we read left to right. Why would anyone running 1600 (the 1% of people that do) maximize their browser?

cocknose · 19-10-2006, 12:24

its a brain conditioning thing!!!...

jase1000 · 19-10-2006, 12:37

I think he's referring to the alignment of the site rather than the text PGO. I agree that fixed width sites are normally better aligned to the centre.

Dusteh · 19-10-2006, 13:03

Yeah I've never understood this either.

pgo · 19-10-2006, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by jase1000

I think he's referring to the alignment of the site rather than the text PGO. I agree that fixed width sites are normally better aligned to the centre.

Even so...I still think it's got something to do with that.

I also prefer a centered site.

mathias · 19-10-2006, 14:01

Yes, I was indeed referring to sites who's content is all left anchored, not text alignment. Centered is the new left.

Cooper · 19-10-2006, 16:36

I rarely see left aligned sites these days. I guess at one point nobody had monitors large enough to make it worth the designers while centering the page. Easier just to left align everything so you don't have to negate the center comand for all the rest of the content right after you've just applied it.

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mathias Refrigerated User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central US Posts: 163	Why left aligned content? Sites that align all content to the left are curious to me. Why do that? Running 1600 res, half the right-side of my browser's viewable area is all bg. There may be a top aligned title bar that runs the whole width, but that don't help. It's so much more natural for the eye to go to the middle of the monitor. I think it's quickly becoming a thing of the past, but why are so many sites' content anchored on the left? Rarely to the right, but I've seen that, too. A Few Examples: http://arvest.com/banking/ http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp http://www.creativelatitude.com/index.html

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cocknose Banned™ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3,708	its a brain conditioning thing!!!... __________________ Facebook me!

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19-10-2006, 11:58	#2 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	Because we read left to right. Why would anyone running 1600 (the 1% of people that do) maximize their browser?

19-10-2006, 13:03	#5 (permalink)
Dusteh Sir digby chicken caesar Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 5,378	Yeah I've never understood this either.

19-10-2006, 14:01	#7 (permalink)
mathias Refrigerated User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Central US Posts: 163	Yes, I was indeed referring to sites who's content is all left anchored, not text alignment. Centered is the new left.

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Cooper Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 42	I rarely see left aligned sites these days. I guess at one point nobody had monitors large enough to make it worth the designers while centering the page. Easier just to left align everything so you don't have to negate the center comand for all the rest of the content right after you've just applied it.

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