----- Original Message ----- From: Gavin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:19 AM Subject: Re: SAM Community on line
> Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > Mac's show the text at about 1 size smaller than on other machines, for > > whatever reason. SO for example, looking at Size 2 on a Mac looks the > > same size as looking at Size 1 on a PC. Size 1 is almost unreadable on a > > Mac (which is a bugger, cos its the nicest looking size on a PC). > > > > The only option I've found is to use size 2 (which is probably what you > > are doing) - its fine on a Mac, and as long as you stick to > > verdana/sans-serif font it looks ok. Bit annoying or what? > > > > It is just a platform matter though - all browsers on a PC will display > > the size fairly similar, (MSIE seems a bit bigger usually), and all Mac > > browsers will display slightly smaller than a PC. You can probably fix > > it by setting up the browser settings. Or buying Mac users really > > strong specs. > > > > fitz > > Cheers Martin, I thought it was that, but thought perhaps there was some > work around. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to make it look smaller for > the Windows peeps (and therefore make it look cack on my Mac). Hmm the java for sensing browser is pretty straight forward - any way of checking browsing machine?
