On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:51:58 -0000, designer wrote:
> - Opera has a beautiful zoom feature which simply magnifies
> everything and keeps the design intact, so isn't that the way
> browsers should be going, instead of just acting on the text?
>
I love Opera, but it's not perfect. If you have a "layer" positioned
to the right, that layer expands to the left when zoomed, thus
squashing the middle.
> Clearly, the use of ems is just a nightmare, esp when you have
> several images and have to guess what the em dimensions are,
> so what's wrong with
> 'complete zoom' instead of 'text zoom'?
>
As you noted, only IE stops users from zooming. I think that maybe
even IE for Mac allows pixel sizes to zoom.
Personally, I never really got the hang of table based design, and
quickly latched on to CSS. Like any technique, you have to play with
it a while to get the hang of it. The developer toolbar for Firefox
lets you edit the CSS and get immediate feedback. I find this
great for adjusting percents and "ems".
Another suggestion I saw is to use pixels, which are easier to figure,
then use the "star hack" to give relative sizes to IE only, viz:
html,
body {font: normal 16px/1.5 Lucida, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
}
* html,
* html body {font-size: 100%;
}
I think that once you accept that you cannot control the appearance
of a web page like a magazine page or brochure, it gives a freedom
that is fun to explore.
Life. Love. Peace.
David
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David Hucklesby, on 11/16/2004
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