Usability session: Widescreen Content Layout

Presenters: J. Goldberg, Oracle; J. Helfman, Oracle

Recommendations from a usability study of new widescreen page layouts (what users preferred and how they expected such pages to behave):

- Left justify content.
- Make content resize and flow as pages resize.
- Keep page splitters stationary, and let right-side content resize and move in proportion to available page area.
- Have tables always show all columns, unless there's a horizontal scrollbar.
- Make graphs and maps resize with constant aspect ratio, with predefined min/max sizes based on intended tasks.
- Overall: Use a constraint-based liquid layout, rather than redesigning for each display.