At 1:44 PM -0700 3/6/99, Bruce Hart (Hart Consulting) wrote:
>Check out
>http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/survey-1998-10/graphs/technology/q128
>.htm
>
>I was surprised to see how many people are running at higher resolutions
>(we typically design for 640x480). One question though is whether this
>survey represents the general populace or just some skewed subset.
This population is not a good barometer for the 'general public' but is
probably a good surrogate for "medium and power" users.
NOTE the large % of folks who Don't Know what their rez is - they're
probably at 640x480. And remember WebTV - it's smaller yet. So is a
PalmPilot.
>Our clients have started complaining bitterly about extra white space on
>the right of their web pages and are asking us to design sites that can
>stretch to fill their 21" monitor (easier said than done if your design is
>tightly controlled at the pixel level). So much for constraining line
>widths to make online text easier to read!
ARGHHH.
A pox on windows and all its children.
21" wide lines Are Not Readable!
Not every dingbat wants their browser to monopolize the entire #@#!#@ desktop!
While I understand Charlotte's frustration -- part of our job as web
developers *must* be education -- and part of that education is that this
is not a print medium - we do NOT have control over the "printer" which is
this case is a monitor. nor do we have control over our end user settings
(hense, small/big with Charlotte).
And Charlotte, ANYONE can set their default font sizes to something
"readable" for them. I have my set at 16 pt on the 1024 monitor at boeing -
and I HAVE to boost them on the Mac because of all the #@$!#@ windows
designers that spec fonts at aboluste font size=1.
Typography is not absolute on the web. Add to the fray the fact that
windows fonts are 30% larger than Mac fonts (on screen) due to how they
are rendered in pixels.
ARGHHH.
I think I'm venting because I'm currently writing about accessible web
sites (waht they are and aren't) and how tools can help (or hinder).
I go to MSFT to read what they say about FrontPage - find a Word Doc
(whitepaper) that I can't read because it's saved as a #@#!$ EXE file. And
they have a "how to get rid of underlines" tip in the Front Page goodies
index.
ARGHHH.
I think I need to go for a walk.
Kathy
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