Ditto, paulc, I have substantial software experience but balk at learning a new "programming" languare as that is what much preference modification is not only on Camino but others as well.
marion moon --- paulc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:02 PM -0500 3/8/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > supposedly scribed: > > >I'm having a hard time imagining the "my mother" > users wanting to > >manage all of their prefs for each individual site > visited. That's > >not easy to use either. The reason there's a pref > to set a minimum > >font size is that it does what the vast majority of > people would need > >in an extremely simple way. > > > >My point was simply that for the advanced users who > actually want to > >tailor each site individually to their liking, > there's already a way > >to do it. > > > >-Stuart > > Interesting... yes, I do use the "minimum font > size," but while I > think I might have seen it change one site, once, > maybe 2 years ago; > most of the sites I need it to work on for the past > year at least I > see it not working at all. I consider it a largely > bogus pref because > it seems to not do anything like it promises. It > DOES take text I can > easily see and makes it larger... it just has no > effect on text in > the 6-8 point range. > > As for using a css file, I guess I'm not "advanced" > enough... I > understand the purpose of such a file, but do not > know how to make > sure it only changes one specific thing for multiple > specific sites. > > You mention "to your liking;" no, it isn't a matter > of taste, it's a > matter of a users ability to access information in > an efficient > manner. To have to be hitting up and down font size > keystrokes or > toolbar buttons means there's less time for reading. > > And that gets to a larger question... exactly who > Camino is intended > for. If necessary features are to be left only for > those with > significant programming backgrounds, it seems the > potential market > gets a significant reduction. I'd suggest you think > of the "my > mother" users as everyone who does not have > "significant programming > backgrounds." > _______________________________________________ > Camino mailing list > [email protected] > http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino > _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
