Ron Koster wrote:
> So this is all rather ironic: in order to get things to look right, I
> have to do them in the wrong way (using px), but in order to do them
> in the right way (using %), then I'll never be sure that it actually
> looks right (in fact, I'm virtually guaranteed that things will look
> wrong for some people).
>
> Arrrrrgh...!
:-)
If by "wrong" you mean: "not exactly as you intended", then you're
right. It may even end up as the end-user wants, or need, and there's
nothing you or anyone else who design for the web can do about it.
We web designers create illusions, but there's no reason for us to live
in them. Pixel sized text doesn't guarantee the "right" size anywhere
but on our own screen(s) and in our own browser(s), and that's just
something all web designers _have to live with_ whether they like it or not.
One day, when the average screen resolution is well above 300dpi, we may
be able to fine-size text as we like - but only as a suggestion on a
browser's default level. No end-users will have to honor our suggestions
or use a browser and screen resolution etc. we are familiar with, so
it'll still turn out "wrong for us but right for them" in many cases ...
just as it should.
It would be far worse if it turned out "right for the designer but
totally wrong for end-users" for all time. There's enough designs that
fit such a description out here already, and it would be good if we
could break the cycle and let progress in technology work to our
advantage - at all ends.
regards
Georg
--
http://www.gunlaug.no
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