On 2009/03/15 11:55 (GMT+1100) Kathy Wheeler composed: > What I *am* saying is: > 1. that is what Joe Average user is used to seeing;
Not related to liking. > 2. those who have difficulty with those sizes will have already > compensated for it in some way or another; Compensation methods include, but are not limited to: 1-giving the computer away to someone who can use it 2-backaches from leaning forward too much 3-not using the computer, because it's too hard to use 4-due to eyestrain, turning it off before task(s) is/are complete 5-buying bigger display, in many cases only to find things are smaller rather than larger > 3. using default font-size (100%) may: > a) appear too large to clients/users because of 1. above; > b) may appear ridiculously large to those in 2. above > depending on how they adjusted their browser from the "norm". It's also possible for fonts to show up at the preferred size, regardless how large or small that happens to be. It's also possible that the difficulties resulting from common too small fonts will be reduced or eliminated. > My main concern at the moment is 3a and the clients who pay the bills. If the designers weren't coloring client perceptions to think small is good or that sub-preference is not small, it wouldn't be such a problem to respect users' preferences. I much prefer 1st grader reader font sizes to the mousetype designers are so fond to sell to clients. Note this is not just about fonts. On higher DPI displays, fixed widths typically don't provide enough room for reasonable line lengths commensurate with legible fonts made from more pixels, or even words to fit at all in the space allotted. Once upon a time the defaults were too big. Technology has changed that. Resolution is up. DPI is up. Defaults are unchanged, which means smaller than they used to be. What hasn't changed is that designers still don't know how big they are in the environments of users. Thus, not using 100% of default on most content amounts to telling all users their defaults are wrong, which is nothing short of rude and disrespectful. -- "The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty." Proverbs 21:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
