On 2/9/08 2:16 PM, Holly wrote: > With Ron's and Susanne's permission to post this, I would > like to ask that anyone willing would take a look at > <http://www.hjsstudio.com/indexdraft.html> and let me > know what they see, what browser was used, and what > screen resolution. The layout appears to be broken in > certain versions of IE, but I'd like to hear what others > see as well.
Firefox 1.5.0.10 here. I haven't the foggiest about resolution. My monitor is a dying CRT, if that helps. I was about to give the site an A+. The layout is clear, the graphics are relevant and attractive, the font is legible, I don't have to scan back and forth to see the text. And the text continues to wrap when I enlarge the letters -- which I have to do on nearly all web sites that display large amounts of text even though my eyes are corrected to 20/20. Lots of people have worse eyes than mine, so how the text looks when enlarged is something you have to consider even though you've chosen a visible font. Whatever it is that self-styled "website designers" do to frustrate people with weak eyes, you haven't done. BUT -- when I opened the View menu and clicked on "no style", the main body of text vanished entirely! After a bit I noticed that there is now a scroll bar at the bottom, and found the text off the right side of the screen. I also noticed that the logos had gotten a great deal bigger, though the photograph continued to display properly. I think that someone has already commented on the size of the logos. Perhaps this is what is happening with IE. Should still be readable, since someone opening the page for the first time would look for the scroll bar. And it does continue to wrap when the text is enlarged. As an aside, I see that the font has also changed from your preferred font to my preferred font. I must remember that I have a "no style" option the next time I'm presented with a hard-to-read font! Back on the A+ side, upon reading the text, I see that you are using PDF for files that people are expected to print out, and HTML for files that people are expected to read on the monitor. (You'd be amazed at how many websites get this backward.) -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it snowed in the night.
