Not quite liquid, yet not fixed-width either, Elastic Design combines the strengths of both. Done well, it can enhance accessibility, exploit neglected monitor and browser capabilities, and freshen your creative juices as a designer.
Griffiths, Patrick. List Apart, A (2004). Design>Web Design>Personalization
Teach your smart little menus to do the DHTML dropdown dance without sacrificing semantics, accessibility, or standards compliance or writing clunky code.
Griffiths, Patrick. List Apart, A (2003). Design>Web Design>DHTML>Interaction Design
It can be difficult to move from a static, pixel-based design approach to an elastic, relative method. Properly implemented, however, elastic design can be a viable option that enhances usability and accessibility without mandating design sacrifices.
Griffiths, Patrick. HTML Dog (2003). Articles>Web Design>CSS>Usability
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