begin quoting Neil Schneider as of Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 05:35:37PM -0800: > > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: [snip] > > OK, I've made a simple-minded change that makes the text in the event > > info-table a bit larger. That can be easily re-tweaked according to > > further feedback. > > You can adjust the font in your browser, you can set it in your site > specific preferences. I don't think we need to spend a lot of time > adjusting fonts.
Why are we setting font sizes at all? Once we have a justification for setting font sizes, and we start setting font sizes, it behooves us to choose reasonable defaults. [snip] > > 2) I'd like to pose one more general question: > > > > ==> Is the fontsize everywhere too small? <It seems so to me, and if > > there is any consensus on that, I have some specific changes in mind > > I'd like to try -- based on the fact that many websites have preset > > fontsizes that are solving browser problems of the prior decade. > > As long as the fonts are pretty similar in size throughout the site, > then the visitor can adjust on their end, if they want the font larger > or smaller. The initial page shouldn't use too small of fonts. In fact, there's an argument that it should use the browser's defaults (i.e., set no font sizing at all). Making the user "deal with it" is a good way to drive users away. How many regular members deal with us primarily via the webpage? Or, in other words, who are we targeting the webpage towards? The average newbie user looking to learn about Linux, or the regular web-oriented gurus who make their browser dance and OC3 lines to their parent's basement? -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
