On 2009/12/29 18:22 (GMT) MEM composed: > we cannot > neglect, the fact that big sharks like IBM or Microsoft, Apple... etc... > have, at the moment 1024x in mind...
With "big" comes large inertia, meaning it takes long to recognize the need for and implement change. > ...why am I asking about EM and all of you are replying on %?)... Basically, em and % WRT text size are identical twins. Both are just certain ways to write decimal mixed numbers. 110/100, 1.1em & 110% are all identical numbers. 1/2, .5em & 50% are all identical numbers. 300/100, 3em & 100% are all identical numbers. The main difference between em and % has to do with their application to sizes other than text, and is not related to your immediate puzzlement. There is one difference between em and % WRT text size that one who writes CSS that will be used by older IE versions needs to know, but it is a bug that is explained on http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=InternetExplorerWinBugs along with an easy workaround. % is often best when you need to size WRT an object other than text, like a viewport or an image. Em usually works best when you need to size WRT text size, which just happens to be an excellent base of reference if you wish high usability, high accessibility and/or resolution independence. > Oook.... I was on px, then I've been told, em is the thing, however, and > even today, if I look to same main sites I see pt declared... and here we go > to % ... :s Newbie life is hard. :) It's not so bad when you keep it simple as possible, and stop finding non-existent differences. ;-) * WRT = with regard to -- " We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion." John Adams, 2nd US President 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/
