Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 3 Jul 2008, at 22:16, Al Sparber wrote: When a block of text exceeds the viewport width, that means horizontal scrolling for *each line* - a royal PITA. I kid of think you are speaking for yourself ;-) Well, he's speaking for me as well. Al, do you really *not* find having to

RE: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Chris Taylor
On 3 Jul 2008, at 22:16, Al Sparber wrote: When a block of text exceeds the viewport width, that means horizontal scrolling for *each line* - a royal PITA. I kid of think you are speaking for yourself ;-) Rick Lecoat replied: Well, he's speaking for me as well. Me too. I find that

Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Joseph Ortenzi
I agree with Rick here. Having to scroll horizontally is not only an accessibility issue but a serious design issue. I challenge AI to find proof people don't mind this as all my research and experience says otherwise. Joe On Jul 04, 2008, at 11:27, Rick Lecoat wrote: On 3 Jul 2008, at

RE: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread michael.brockington
At the end of the day, this whole question is a no-brainer: On the one hand you can annoy [a few .. most] people by forcing them to scroll horizontally, Or you can keep everyone happy by not allowing a horizontal scroll bar. Whether it is a major issue or a trivial issue is irrelevant as there is

Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 3 Jul 2008, at 23:01, Felix Miata wrote: When you measure the whole design in characters, or fractions thereof, resolution does not matter. [...snip...] When a design is _properly_ made using character measurements, users don't need to zoom. Hi Felix; Assuming that I'm not

Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Charlesthomas Eaton
See if this helps: http://www.eatons.net/sandbox/Greenwich.html On Jul 3, 2008, at 11:58 PM, Hayden's Harness Attachment wrote: Talking about zooming. I am trying to use PHP to create a web page that has a default font size (layout_medium.css). As it stands, I have broken everything since I

Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Al Sparber
From: Rick Lecoat [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 3 Jul 2008, at 22:16, Al Sparber wrote: When a block of text exceeds the viewport width, that means horizontal scrolling for *each line* - a royal PITA. I kid of think you are speaking for yourself ;-) Well, he's speaking for me as well. Al, do you

Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Al Sparber
From: Joseph Ortenzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree with Rick here. Having to scroll horizontally is not only an accessibility issue but a serious design issue. I challenge AI to find proof people don't mind this as all my research and experience says otherwise. Hi Joseph, I have no incentive

[WSG] Hi,

2008-07-04 Thread Bob McAllister
Hi, How are u doing these days?Yesterday I found a web of a large trading company from china,which is an agent of all the well-known digital product factories,and facing to both wholesalers,retailsalers,and personal customer all over the world. They export all kinds of digital products and offer

Re: [WSG] Browsers and Zooming

2008-07-04 Thread Barry
Sure I agree with you also, that is just a head ache. but if your txt is scalable proportionally as a complete block without any width restriction and the surrounding content division also scales proportionally like in elastic layouts i think this works great! If the initial design width at