one out of every three people have bad eye sight... this was one of the very few things I actually learnt at university
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/08/2007 2:27:29 pm >>> On 2007/08/07 20:38 (GMT+0100) Alastair Campbell apparently typed: > You could take Jacob Neilsons finding that small fonts were the most > popular 'mistake' as proof that people don't know how to change their > settings Or you could take it as proof that web designers as a group have perfect vision, and fail to understand normal web users as a group do not have perfect vision, resulting in fonts on web pages just right for most web designers and too small for most others. > We are caught in something of a catch-22, as so many sites use small > fonts compared to the default, or simply reducing the default because so > many people don't know how to change it. Nielsen isn't the only one who has observed that designers impose text sizes smaller than the rest of the world prefers or requires. Note the first data point on "Fixing The Web": "Millions of people cannot participate fully online because most Web sites are built for people with perfect vision and the manual dexterity needed to operate a mouse." http://xhtml.com/en/future/fixing-the-web-1/ -- " It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." George Washington Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ****************************************************************************************************** The above message has been scanned and meets the Insurance Commission of Western Australia's Email security requirements for inbound transmission. ****************************************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************************************************************** The above message has been scanned and meets the Insurance Commission of Western Australia's Email security policy requirements for outbound transmission. This email (facsimile) and any attachments may be confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (facsimile) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email (facsimile) in error please contact the Insurance Commission. Web: www.icwa.wa.gov.au Phone: +61 08 9264 3333 ********************************************************************************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
