On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Norman Fournier wrote on 2014-09-19 13:46 (GMT-0600): > >> the problem stated in the post is solved by CSS and media queries, not >> created by it. > > Actually, media queries have compounded the problems of CSS overuse. I doubt > many practitioners using them have tested against user CSS to see how a UA > deals with the multiplied conflicts. Gecko (at least; on Linux there is > neither Safari nor IE, and Chrom* UI is useless in high DPI DEs, leaving it > up to Konq, SeaMonkey and Firefox to hold down the fort) has the ability to > remember zoom level on a per domain basis. Yet, multiple large domains I > frequent have font sizes jumping all over the place, both literally and > figuratively, only since queries were implemented on those domains. Despite > the UA memory, or maybe because of it, I'm forced to change zoom levels both > up and down when switching among multiple simultaneously open tabs on domains > employing queries. e.g. newegg.com. > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
Quickly resizing my browser width, I don't notice any MQs on the newegg site as far as I can tell. What I do see is failure to accommodate larger font sizes in the layout and therefore things over flow their containers or get cropped. That's poor planning. This is failure on the designers/devs part. Not CSS's. Is CSS responsible for the containers not flexing? Technically, yes. Did it get into the site by itself and mess things up? No. It was used incorrectly. -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front-End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@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/
