Time? Spare Time?

It used to be 'procrastination is the thief of time!' But what about time itself. Is it a self?

When you are sick you don't feel like posting - anything. When you are sitting relaxing you don't feel like posting... When you have a cat glued to your lap, you don't feel like posting or moving.

So why today? It is my (step)son's birthday. It is not warm still 20C in the study. In Bristol it is 4C so I can't complain. I need to go to the shops for important stuff like food. I might have to put a jacket on...

I tell myself that I am waiting for the traffic to dissipate. Maybe true but the fact is I don't enjoy the stress of avoiding potholes especially on main roads. At 80 kilometres an hour on Ontdekkers it cost R5500 last year. 

Being retired I should have time to do all the things I was doing in my spare time when I wasn't alone. But projects that I put down to attend to other things are still lying there. Recently I got a tummy-bug that really put me down. Thanks to a friend I have some tablets that work. While down but not out, I gave some thoughts to some recent 'issues'.

The latest is the lack of interest in reworking of some established web sites.  My long-time friend Bob has taken issue with a particular web site which accepts pictures of a certain size in pixels. So I researched the problem. I reached for GIMP [gimp.org] and examined a couple of pictures taken with my phone. It is not a modern phone - 2020ish. But the number of pixels are enormous in comparison to the 90s! 

 

See what I mean?  4000 plus width and nearly 3000 height in pixels.

When reduced / scaled to 780 by 439 pixels.

 

This lead me to put the original pictures on my 'Intranet web-server'.

{Don't have one of those? Ask me how in the comments.}

 

Before skipping away from here ask yourself how the two pictures are the same size on your screen. Because the web site limits the displayed size to the desired number of pixels...

 

Who did that?

The 'webmaster'.

All that is needed is a px adjustment on the web page. The 'server' will do the rest.

 

Or you can the Google AI...

 

From Google AI
Designing a web page for an 800px width typically involves creating a fixed-width container to ensure compatibility with older or smaller monitors () without triggering horizontal scrolling. While modern designs favour responsiveness, limiting content width to around 760–800px (to allow for scrollbars) ensures usability on smaller, older, or non-maximized browser windows. 

Key Aspects of 800px Web Design:

Optimal Container Width: To avoid horizontal scrollbars, set the container width slightly less than, often allowing for browser vertical scrollbars.

CSS Implementation: Use max-width: 800px; or width: 800px; on a main wrapper container to restrict content width, often centred using margin: 0 auto;.
 

Responsive Considerations: While is a common "middle bound" for smaller desktop screens, modern responsive design typically uses media queries to switch to full-width (800px) layouts on mobile devices below
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Readability: Limiting the width prevents, for example, long text lines on large monitors, improving readability.

You can even use CSS. Example given:-

 

.container {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 10px; /* Optional padding for smaller screens */
}