Gang,
There will always be opinions about text size and resolutions. I myself
have been back and forth over the years.
There is a greater truth to be considered though.
As an analogy, consider a tree. The tree that bends in a storm will
last much longer than a stiff tree. The winds will eventually break it.
Websites are like trees, in order to survive through the various
visitors/storms to our sites encounter, they need to bend to be able to
ride our the storm.
Considering the greater good of humanity, as designers we are obligated
to create functional beauty. This includes being flexible as we are
creating things for the most flexible media ever conceived.
That is why we strive to do things like make flexible text, print
stylesheets etc... Its simply the right thing to do, regardless of
varying opinions.
Joseph R. B. Taylor
Sites by Joe, LLC
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Warren Cardinal wrote:
it's very interesting on this group that the technical people just want
to complain about website designers not doing this and that with no
regard to the intricacies and beauty of design.
another point - is bestbuy.com <http://bestbuy.com> losing customers
because their text size is small and you cannot resize it? I think NOT.
If customers complain - and we all know they do - they would do
something about it. If you want large text, decrease your resolution.
On 5/25/06, *Steve Olive* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, 25 May 2006 10:17 pm, Patrick Lauke wrote:
> > Michael Persson
> >
> > its just that for 10 years there is nothing that moves
> > regading screen
> > sizes and accesability
> > have to follow the smallest standard size in order to not be
> > refused by
> > visitors.
Screen sizes have changed drastically in the last 10 years - from
14" => 15"
=> 17" => 19" +. The real problem is the teachings at schools, TAFE,
uni,
community college, mate down the road, etc haven't evolved with the
advances
in screen design. How many people say that they have trouble seeing
small
text sizes but haven't a clue how to change the font size of screen
elements
without changing the resolution?
>
> Ever thought that maybe it's because people's eyes didn't evolve
> over the last 10 years, so if somebody needs a lower resolution and
> large text size, they'll still need it regardless of technology?
>
If you are worried about your eyes change the font size of elements
or use the
accessibility features built into every OS but keep the screen
resolution
high - it makes screen elements smooth!
> > I dont think it work like that any longer, and HEY people need
to buy
> > screens and upgrade for god sake!!!
>
> See above. It's not a case of people not upgrading. If somebody
needs
> and prefers their resolution low, they'll set their machine to that
> even on a large new 21" monitor. It's not an issue of people not
> buying/upgrading.
>
As I said learn above ... to get the best out of your new 24"
wide-screen LCD
learn how to configure your system at the highest resolution and
then adjust
the font to a suitable size.
> > Now you might got my point...
>
/* Removed - I was being facetious */
> Yes...real users stand in the way of your creativity, we get it.
NO ... those with no vision stand in the way of creativity.
>
> P
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