Tom Hamshere wrote: > Felix Miata wrote:
> > Reevaluate a basic assumption. The assumption you made is because the > > default is too big for you and needs to be reduced by 20%, that both: > > 1-most others have the same need, and, 2-it is your job to "fix" it for > > them. In spite of the fact that it is standard web design practice, this > > is absurd, and extremely rude. > I doubt that anything you can say is going to make me change the > default font size to something that the majority of people on the > majority of systems would consider to be ugly. It's absurd. Again you're assuming something not proven. No one here has proven any majority outside the biased sample represented by subscribers here and elsewhere in the mainstream web designer community that thinks the defaults are either large or ugly. Where is an unbiased analysis that says so? Here's an apparent one that suggests otherwise: http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimalweb/text.htm Outside web development discussion groups, the people over 40 I've personally come in contact with are almost unanimous in complaining most web sites have text that is too small, while few under 20 have any worthwhile opinion. > > Virtually everyone has the ability, whether they know it or not, to > > change his own settings. This includes you. Assuming others have done > > this, whether or not they in fact have, is called respect. > Yes it is. It's also quite dumb. Respect is rarely dumb. This is no exeption. When the defaults are honored, everyone who cares can be a winner. -- "Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made." John 1:3 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
