It is very hard to code a site so it can span large and small resolutions, however hard coding can be annoying, I suppose it all depends how much text you have that you can use to stretch across.

I'll give two examples:

For the hard coded one there is EoFF, it is hard coded to fit in a 800x600 browser, this is very good for that particular site as it does not really have reams and reams of text on each page.

For the more strectchy kind (I call it animorphic because I'm just strange) you need reams and reams of text, so a writing site like Loki 7 would probably be perfect for that


And yes I think most sites should work in all browsers, but I also think that sites should show which browsers they have been tested in so you know if you should avoid that site if it hasn't been tested in anything other then IE. Thats just an opinion though