... hmm - 600 really doesn't give you a lot of room to avoid scrolling.

Then there's another factor - most computers now (including laptops) are sold with widescreen monitors - a polular res is 1600x1024 - great, lots of space for a big website, but I suspect most people run their browser in a window that's not the width of the screen (like I do).

OK, then you make everything tiny to make sure it all fits and, along the way, exclude all those without microscopic vision - I can't believe how some web designers expect normal folk to read the minute type on their websites.

And then, of course, a lot of visitors to your website will be browsing the internet on a smartphone?!

... it's all very complicated
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