Percent versus pixels

[brewmonkey]

When designing a new layout would you rather use a percent for the width of a new element or would you rather go by pixels?

I understand the need for both and that in some instances only one can be the preferred method. However I am re-doing a site (about 20 pages) and my concern is cross browser and screen resolution. I would like the site to appear the same no matter what platform/screen resolution the viewer is using. Since that is the case I am opting for the 'percent' method of width to make that happen.

Any hints or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Epic]

I'd go with pixels unless your site has very few image. If it has a lot you'll have to make some of those horizontally expandable. As long as it isn't wider than 760 pixels you'll be ok

 

[Ju5T]

Percents. And spcaer.gif :hehe:

 

[gonchiweb]

i would choose pixels, its better almost in all cases. its better that way, cause you can imagine better the size, of each thing.
bye

 

[zaros64]

I just design the layout in photoshop and in the content bit change the pic to a background and add height="100%"

 

[MasterB]

It depends. Pixels are more static, where percent will change as the user changes the width of the page. Personally, I use pixels because I like my pages to look the same at all resolutions, where with percent the look of the page can change depending on the size of the browser window and the resolution.

 

[jdickson]

I use a fixed set of pixels, just for consistency.

 

[LeetPCUser]

I prefer the pixels. This is because I know exactly how wide it will be. It will be the same on every monitor and resolution. The problem with percent is that it will stretch wider on bigger resolutions and not look as good.