idea for accessibility, it often leads to lots of horizontal scrolling
What about a width limit (no, not a fixed width site) on the width of
the main content in relation to the rest of the page (like an article)
so as to allow the font scaling to occur vertically instead of
horizontally? This
Tom Livingston wrote:
idea for accessibility, it often leads to lots of horizontal scrolling
What about a width limit (no, not a fixed width site) on the width of
the main content in relation to the rest of the page (like an article)
so as to allow the font scaling to occur vertically
In Firefox, press Ctrl-+ eight times. The page breaks, with
content overlapping and unreadable.
In case you're wondering whether anybody would use such
extreme enlargement, the answer is yes, some people do. A
friend of mine with a severe visual impairment resulting from
diabetes needs
Nick Fitzsimons wrote:
Tom Livingston wrote:
idea for accessibility, it often leads to lots of horizontal scrolling
What about a width limit (no, not a fixed width site) on the width of
the main content in relation to the rest of the page (like an article)
so as to allow the
On 06/05/26 16:26 (GMT+0100) Nick Fitzsimons apparently typed:
Tom Livingston wrote:
idea for accessibility, it often leads to lots of horizontal scrolling
What about a width limit (no, not a fixed width site) on the width of
the main content in relation to the rest of the page (like an
On 06/05/26 13:17 (GMT-0400) Bill Brown apparently typed:
So, now I'm wondering...how does one define breakage? IMHO, if we try to
account for every conceivable variable, including browser inconsistencies,
every
aspect of accessibility and the like, one is left with a completely unstyled
On 06/05/19 09:32 (GMT+0100) Alastair Campbell apparently typed:
Intending for layout's to scale based on font size isn't such a good
idea for accessibility, it often leads to lots of horizontal scrolling
for those who need it most. See this for more explanation:
Christian Montoya wrote:
No. EMs provides the best scaling possible for a layout that is
intended to grow as the font grows. When the height and width of the
font characters is somewhat similar, doubly so.
Intending for layout's to scale based on font size isn't such a good
idea for
On 5/19/06, Alastair Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christian Montoya wrote:
No. EMs provides the best scaling possible for a layout that is
intended to grow as the font grows. When the height and width of the
font characters is somewhat similar, doubly so.
Intending for layout's to
I wrote:
Intending for layout's to scale based on font size isn't such a good
idea for accessibility
Christian Montoya wrote:
I never meant to imply that.
My apologies, I misunderstood.
Christian continued:
It's poor foresight on the part of the designer who forgets to
implement
I'm a little confused about my direction. I know that with elastic layouts you
set the element widths using ems. What about margins , would those also be in
ems ?
TIA
Mark
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On 5/18/06, Mark Fellowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that with elastic layouts you set the element widths
using ems. What about margins , would those also be in ems ?
That or percentages, whichever looks best to you at various resolutions.
Ed Seedhouse
On 5/18/06, Mark Fellowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that with elastic layouts you set the element widths
using ems. What about margins , would those also be in ems ?
That or percentages, whichever looks best to you at various resolutions.
Ed Seedhouse
Hmm. Since ems is a measure of
On 06/05/18 17:17 (GMT-0400) Tony Watkins apparently typed:
On 5/18/06, Mark Fellowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that with elastic layouts you set the element widths
using ems. What about margins , would those also be in ems ?
That or percentages, whichever looks best to you at
On 5/18/06, Tony Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since ems is a measure of height for a given font, wouldn't percent or
pixels be a better and more accurate measurement for both margins and
width/height?
But you don't have a liquid layout if you use pixels .
A px is a fixed measurement, but
On 5/18/06, Tony Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 5/18/06, Mark Fellowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know that with elastic layouts you set the element widths
using ems. What about margins , would those also be in ems ?
That or percentages, whichever looks best to you at various
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