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Designing 4 WebTV® - Technical Aspects

Screen Sizing

This is the basic screen information with a graphic to help set your browser so you can see what pages look like on WebTV right here with your own browser. Set the font size to 18 points on your browser, or the large font setting for Internet Explorer.

WebTV Screen Layout

Layout Hints
Never use pure light colors for backgrounds, especially white or red.
Center titles and indent text.
Don't force line breaks with the <BR> tag. You can stop <br> processing in WebTV with the <nobr> tag pair.
Use tables to keep text and image lists aligned (like this list).
Make limited use of frames. Frame-in-frame and multi-layered frames do not translate well on WebTV.
Use audio in MIDI, RMF, or ProLogic Surround formats.
Use bookmarks to help navigate long pages.