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From: julian.rickards
Date: Nov 9, 2004 12:49PM

Brain shut down: too many variables!!!

Hmm, not easy is it. Fixed must accomodate both large and small view ports,
liquid can create line lengths too long (according to readability studies),
elastic can allow a reader to increase font size whereby the width of the
content is wider than the width of the viewport.

JavaScript could be used to "answer" some of these questions but of course,
JS must be enabled.

Jules