Lothar B. Baier wrote on Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:47:16 +0100:
> But is it my fault, that dell or hp ore other produce laptops, which
> screensize and screen resolution are set to a default which makes it
> impossible to read a text easy?
One size cannot fit all. With defaults come a means to change
designer wrote on Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:28:45 -:
> When you buy wallpaper, how on earth do you manage to change the default
> size of the pattern?
I don't. If I don't like it, I don't buy it.
> Also, when you buy someone a coffee table book, say, of
> great art works, do you buy them seven cop
Lothar B. Baier wrote on Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:06:50 +0100:
> Somebody buys a laptop with a 14 inch screen and puts it 1400 by 1050
> pixel screenresolution. Then he complains, that all of the text ist to
> small to read. That reminds me of the man, who choose a two-seated
> spider car because he l
Be nice Iain!
Final warning.
Peter
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> He
> I don't think you understand the issue of accessibility at all. In
> many countries, laws have been needed to force people like you to
> catch up.
THREAD CLOSED
I have been watching this thread for a while, concerned that it would move
from healthy discussion into abuse. It has.
This list is
Hello Lothar,
Thursday, November 18, 2004, 8:06:50 PM, you wrote:
> On every computer I know, it is possible to
> reduce the screenresolution to get bigger text to the screen.
You've never used an LCD screen that only works well at one
resolution? You've never used a PDA?
I don't think you und
here's some reading you might find useful:
The Dao of Web Design
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dao/
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On 2004-11-19 1:02 PM, Ben Curtis wrote:
This has been an interesting, if heated, thread. I think a large part of
it revolves around being unable to measure people's default font size.
The "arrogance" vs. "idealist" porti
Actually, Felix has some interesting studies on his site about font
size, pixel, resolution relationships:
http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/
And I couldn't agree more with you about stuff we design today probably
not working tomorrowbut y'know, thankfully seperating content and
presentati
hardware designers to not set the default resolution
of a screen to what is technicaly possible but to just something, which
is compatible with human eyesight.
What size, a pixel?
Engineers have created full-color screens, 400 pixels square, which are
smaller than a dime. Certainly setting a moni
> But is it my fault, that dell or hp ore other produce laptops, which
> screensize and screen resolution are set to a default which makes it
> impossible to read a text easy? Is it my fault, that the designers of
> browsers after about 10 years of webstandards are not able to produce
> browser
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Hi!
Patrick and Andreas, you both are right on one hand. But on the other
one it's not so simple. My goal is surel
One comment...
> which can be use by everybody
As long as you do that - there wont be any problems.
If the user is an idiot - and they configure their machine in a stupid
way - that's no-one's fault except the user.
Gary
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Hi!
Patrick and Andreas, you both are right on one hand. But on the other
one it's not so simple. My goal is surely to produce websites, which can
be use by everybody and please their eyes.
But is it my fault, that dell or hp ore other produce laptops, which
screensize and screen resolution are
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> Subject: Re: [WSG] Font size and arrogance
> I design all my websites on a
> computer with the screenresolution set appropria
Lothar B. Baier wrote:
> I design all my websites on a
computer with the screenresolution set appropriate to the size of the
screen I use. If the user does the same, he will be able to read, what
is written there. If not, it's not my fault.
It's just a shame not everybody is like you then, isn't
designer wrote:
When you buy wallpaper, how on earth do you manage to change the default
size of the pattern? Also, when you buy someone a coffee table book, say, of
great art works, do you buy them seven copies, each with a different size
type/layout and ask them which one they want?
You are talk
Hi, everybody!
I am reading the list for quite some time, so first of all a big thank
to all of you who share their knowledge and tricks with fools like me.
Regarding to the font size discussion I feel I have to give my first
input to the list:
Somebody buys a laptop with a 14 inch screen and p
Felix (and anyone else),
When you buy wallpaper, how on earth do you manage to change the default
size of the pattern? Also, when you buy someone a coffee table book, say, of
great art works, do you buy them seven copies, each with a different size
type/layout and ask them which one they want? Whe
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