Resizing Safari Window causes blank space

When I resize a safari window using the corner (bottom right) it leave a blank space if I make he page bigger and doesnt fill the page at all unless i press refresh.

.oO(CJR 2007)
>I'm pretty new to website design and this might seem very
basic, but how is it
>possible to resize a browser window automatically to fit
the content on my page
>using Dreamweaver CS3?
You should rather make the site fit the browser window.
> The content of my page is 700px by approximately 650 but
I want the browser
>window to show just this content and not the blank space
surrounding it.
Resizing the browser window is considered _very_ rude, if it
will work
at all - modern browser prevent such abuse of JavaScript.
You should more concentrate on the content and the usability
of the site
to attract visitors. Keeping the layout flexible is usually
the best way
to go. But even if it has to be a fixed-width layout, you
shouldn't mess
with the user's browser settings, but for example center the
entire site
in the browser. Solutions for that are posted here every
second day.
Micha

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