Brett Patterson wrote:
Okay, one quick question. You say 200% is twice the default size, but
in browsers like Firefox 3, there is only the (shortcut) Ctrl++ to
zoom in, and I cannot find the percentage of that zoom, so is 200%
font size increasement one or two clicks?
Much more than that, I'm afraid.
Side-by-side comparison and measuring on various OSes (96dpi res. all to
avoid any misunderstandings) reveals the following:
- Firefox (3.0.5 & 3.1b2) seems to increment in 10% mouse-wheel steps
for both 'text zoom' and 'whole page zoom'. That means 10 steps (or
clicks) from "default" to "200% of default" for both zoom variants.
- IE8rc1 increments its 'whole page zoom' in 5% mouse-wheel steps, with
the usual +/- 2steps a' 25% for 'font resizing'. The latter only allows
for "150% of default".
- Opera (all versions) increments its 'whole page zoom' in 10%
mouse-wheel steps.
- Konqueror seems to increment in 10% mouse-wheel steps for both 'text
zoom' and 'whole page zoom'.
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Note that 200% resizing means each letter take up 4 times the space
compared to on default size, regardless of zoom variant. Simple square
calculation.
So, calculating in a one or two clicks range while designing, doesn't
count for much.
regards
Georg
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