Felix, FYI, I was not complaining and yes I do understand and constantly have to tell my print designer pixel-control -freak clients that websites cannot look the same, unable to look the same; I also understand how the EM works, perhaps not as precise as you do but I do know what I need to know.
What I see in Safari right now, is not normal, perhaps it's a Safari specific bug that you mentioned early, but I want to learn more before I decide to sign up an account to file a bug; or this maybe just how Safari handles a layout when the container width sets in EM and is a normal behavior; in 5 years I have only done less than 5 sites that used EM for width and I have never seen this until now. I am quite certain chances for any web developer to stumble on this 'bug' or 'this behavior of Safari' is very rare because 1) EM layout is of minority; 2) it requires the browse font size be reduced or increased to trigger the behavior. If this is how Safari has always been, then yes, I still think EM is not stable to use for layout width, precisely the reason that you raised a number of time, that some users do set their font sizes bigger/smaller. http://greensho.nexcess.net/em-vs-px/18px-fontsize.png tee On Jul 30, 2010, at 5:25 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2010/07/30 14:05 (GMT-0700) tee composed: > >> I did another test by increasing Safari's font size to 18px, and the >> layout expanded. This makes the EM not stable to use for layout. I wonder >> if it has always like this for Safari or is a new bug. > > I'm having a hard time understanding what seems to be your complaint, which > is that the size of an em can vary. Variation in size of an em is WAD. Are > you sure you understand the definition? It might help to read it in context > of all its modern relatives: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-values/ > > It may be that your meaning of "stable" will be addressed through appropriate > use of rem instead of em as browser support for that new unit becomes the > norm. > > In the mean time remember the web is not paper. Flexibility and absence of > rigid sameness is the web's inherent advantage. > http://dowebsitesneedtolookexactlythesameineverybrowser.com/ > -- > "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant > words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 > > Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
