[PLUG] Starting up a web page

fh hillsboro linux at frankhunt.com
Tue Feb 28 19:30:26 UTC 2006


Good point, but I've seen that approach cause the view to become 
scrambled.  Especially when the browser  defaults are messed with by 
someone who, well - you know . . an induhvidual.

Ali Corbin wrote:
> On 2/28/06, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, fh hillsboro wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Internet Exploder does not use ctrl + - or much of anything else.
>>>       
>> Frank,
>>
>>    Well, ... I'm not surprised.
>>
>>    Is there a convention for basic font size on Web pages for viewers with
>> 40+-year-old eyes stuck with IE?
>>
>>     
>
> Yes, there is.  In a nutshell, you should not be setting the font size.
> If you leave it alone, then the font will display in whatever size the
> user has configured their browser to use, which will be, presumably,
> one that they can actually read with their eyesight and screen resolution.
>
> Ali
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