I am developing a new design for the Faculty of Management website. The front page is a portal type design with three columns. I am trying to use elastic design in development of the page, but I am left to wonder if this is the best option for a three-column layout.
Here’s my question.
Is it better to have three columns with percentage-based widths that became very narrow as the browser window is reduced, or to have three columns with pixel-based widths that drop below each other as the browser window is reduced? Is the content more usable in narrow columns that are next to each other or in consistent width columns that are below each other?
Thoughts?