On 06/04/11 14:55 (GMT-0400) Tim (The Site Doctor) apparently typed: > I'm hoping someone can help me here, quite some time ago we wrote a site > http://www.avciarchitects.com/ which has for quite some time now been running > without a problem, recently however the client has contacted us saying he's > had complaints about it not rendering correctly on client's machines.
> I've asked him to get more information on the environment but (other than > Mac IE -which we're aware about) does it not render correctly for anyone on > the list? <me>raises hand</me> > I've just tested it without a problem on: > -Internet Explorer v6 > -Firefox v1.5 > -Netscape 8 > -Opera 8.5 > -Safari > -Mac Firefox > -Mac Internet Explorer (issues that we're aware of already) Here's what I seen on Linux: http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/SS/timtsd1.jpg 103k hires Gecko 1.8 screenshot This is an expected result of inadequate testing of a site that uses absolute positioning in various viewing environments, as opposed to just testing in different browsers. In this case, it looks like you've tested only at one DPI and/or resolution setting (96 DPI at whatever resolution). You're using pt to size fonts, but px to position and size containers. That will misposition things as soon as a different DPI is applied. In my screenshot, the DPI is 168. That makes your 10pt text 23.33px instead of the 13.33px that 10pt is at 96 DPI. Most likely the bulk of the complaints are coming from doze users whose laptops are running at 120 DPI (large fonts in display properties advanced). Sizing text for screen media in pt is a poor practice. http://hsivonen.iki.fi/units/ addresses why this is true. -- "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/auth ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
