I'll get the web developers to place arial/helvetica if applicaple.
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Doytchin Spiridonov wrote:
> 1. instead of "finding a windows-based laptop" you could change
> netscapes' settings to set your own font instead of that in the html.
>
> 2. microsft's internet explorer is far better in interpreting CSS than
> netscape.
>
> 3. the problem is that you don't have "arial" font by default on your box.
> opensrs web designers should put "arial,helvetica" instead of just
> "arial" so unix and mac users could read their pages without using
> a magnifier :)
>
> so the actual problem is with your tv (netscape)
>
> regards,
> doytchin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Ross Wm. Rader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 1:23 AM
> Subject: Re: New docs comments
>
>
> > > I'm rather shocked that no one has said anything about the new docs. Are
> > > they that long that everyone is still reading them?
> >
> > Because I've reported numerous times that the new OpenSRS style sheet
> makes
> > the web pages completely unreadable on a Unix platform browser. I have to
> > find a windows-based laptop to be able to read your pages.
> >
> > The style sheet really needs to use non-specific font tags - like those
> > recommended by the working group - or to send out different style sheets
> > depending on the platform. Making the fonts super small to work around
> > Microsoft's big, ugly fonts makes it impossible for anyone on a platform
> > which actually licensed good fonts and shows them in the correct sizes
> from
> > reading your pages.
> > (I do wish someone would esplain to Microsoft that a point size is an
> > absolute reference, not something ambigous they can simply change...)
> >
> > I've complained about this twice. Nobody has bothered to respond, and thus
> > I can't read your technical support pages from any platform I actually
> code
> > on.
> >
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