Hi all, and thanks to those who replied. I would like to (briefly) comment on a few remarks:
[1 & 2] From: "Patrick Lauke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:11 PM Subject: RE: [WSG] zoom, or text zoom? With page zoom it's very easy to end up with something that requires the user to scroll both horizontally and vertically. Particularly on small screens, this can become a pain when all the user wanted to do was to punch up the text size a notch or two because the designer chose some (to them) illegibly small size. and: From: "Chris Stratford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] zoom, or text zoom? > The best way to work around this is to make a fluid layout. > Somethings will always not fit with your design. > But the user would be more than used to websites breaking if they > constantly need massive text on screen. [my comment] : If I make it so that the whole design expands on text resize (images too) I am trying to 'match' the effect of page zoom - no? If so, I'm going to get the scroll bars anyway, so it'd obviously be better if one could just 'zoom all' in the first place and avoid all that hassle? -------------------------------------------- [3] From: "Felix Miata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] zoom, or text zoom? > Bad for designs that don't allow for it, good for people on high res > displays who can't read text 1/4 the size of their default, and for > everyone else for whom access supercedes prettiness. [ my comment]: Felix, your tone and choice of words implies that you are one of the 'design doesn't matter' brigade. Fine, if that's the way you play. However, many of us don't play that way, and a 'designer' worth his pay check will be bothered about the exact relationship of ALL the elements in the layout, and to him (inc me :-) anything that destroys that is BAD. -------------------------------- [4] From: "David Hucklesby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:20 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] zoom, or text zoom? 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. [my comment] Hey David, there is a way - but I'm scared of mentioning the F-word here! :-) ----------------------------- In conclusion, it looks as though my original feelings were right, insofar as what we all want is to be able to make a stable design which replicates in all browsers, with the provision of suitable 'page zoom' provided by the browser, not by the markup. The suicide rate of designers would drop drastically if this were to happen [:-)], and more 'designers' would move to standards which are currently destroying their creativity and producing hostility. Thanks Guys. It's all food for thought. Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
