-----Original Message----- From: css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org [mailto:css-d-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of Felix Miata
>If accessibility and usability of a CSS-styled web page design matter, then the size of web page objects is a matter of quite some significance. >Resolution without more means absolutely nothing regarding physical size. It's like saying $1,000,000 is a lot of money without giving that $1,000,000 a context. To a wage earner making $10 per hour it's more than a lifetime of income, a very lot of money. In a Federal US budget of trillions, $1,000,000 is virtually nothing. -- I've already agreed that both the size & resolution of a monitor play a role in how pages are rendered. Please tell me how I determine a user's monitor's DPI? To the best of my knowledge there is no way to tell this. We can use Javascript to find out what RESOLUTION a user is running. Although I don't know how I believe we may even be able to find out what arbitrary DPI the user's OS is set to. But, we can not determine the user's monitor size and therefore can not determine their monitor's DPI. Until I can determine this there is no point at all in trying to figure it out and code for it. So, for me, a user's monitor's DPI is still irrelevant. >Rather than fussing over what the resolution or DPI actually are, it's simpler to dispense with the question and use the em unit for sizing, as the em bears a far more adaptable and predictable relationship to accessible and usable sizes than any other sizing unit available in CSS. -- I said this and agreed to it earlier. But, using PXs vs %s vs EMs was never the issue or question. >In CSS styling, resolution need not, and should not, matter at all. -- Although I failed to say it in such a clear and concise manner this was my exact point. :) Mike ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
