Revenge of the Pixels: The Battle for Screen Real Estate [Archive.org URL]

Designing web pages is challenging. Unlike almost any other media, a web design’s integrity is compromised by the nature of a fluid medium. In other words, just because you want something to look a certain way doesn’t guarantee it will – differing browsers, resolutions, screen sizes, monitor calibrations and operating systems all distort the experience.

One of the more contentious issues in web design presents itself when deciding where specific elements should go and how much space they should occupy. This is especially true in cases where politics (read: Who’s the most important person in the room?) rules. A technique developed at Future Now for removing politics from these important decisions is the Battleship Grid.

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