[d13hard]

i strongly disagree. fixed width works in the world of 1998...everyone with a 17 inch monitor on their desks. today screens tend to be very big (24 inch monitor) or very small (iphone). the only viable method for addressing the inverse bell curve of monitor size is with liquid layout.

[tptacek]

This presumes that the goal of all websites should be to maximize use of screen real estate. But that goal is in conflict with the basic principles of typography, which suggest that line lengths are not going to scale up with monitor sizes.