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? When you watch something on Television, do you have a set of large magnifiers (or reducers) to put in front of the screen, so you can use the one to suit your mood?
I'd be surprised :-) These things (and nearly everything else in life) are at the mercy of the designers who helped produced them. For a lot of web designers (as opposed to web site producing technicians), a web site is just the same - it isn't arrogant, it's called passion. If you as a client don't like what a web designer does, you choose someone else, just like with the wallpaper. You know the old saying: "you can't please all of the people all of the time"? Anyone who thinks he can is the one being arrogant :-) Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Felix Miata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Font size > It is arrogant to impose it, rather than merely wish it. [snip] > No, the biggest problem is designers think their opinion of aesthetics > is paramount to usability and access, failing to understand and/or > accept that: > > "The web is about control, but not the designer's, it is the user's > control that is central to the design and philosophy of the web." John > Allsopp at http://webstandardsgroup.org/features/john-allsopp.cfm > > Web pages should be ready to use on arrival. Zoom is a defensive measure > designed to override designers' override of user default settings. Style > switchers are helpful, but don't eliminate the basic problem. Visitors > shouldn't need to make adjustments to use a page. If you like mousetype, > fine, use it, but set your own defaults to mousetype before designing, > allowing you, and *everyone* else to automatically enjoy the size best > for them. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
