Posted by Dylan Parry on 11/15/06 09:32

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:

> As I understand it, IE6 and less have a bug where if the body font is
> set at 1em (or any amount of em), the browser's text size changes
> (medium, larger, etc) really screw up and show something twice as big
> instead of only a few percentage points or pixels larger.

That's how I understand it, yes. Instead of scaling at what would be a
"normal" ratio, selecting /largest/ could make text gigantic, and
likewise /smallest/ could make it so small that even a fly's poop looks
large in comparison.

>> Wasn't sure if DP meant HTML or was neutral as between Body and HTML
>> on this issue... Perhaps I should ask him? Hoy there, Dylan Parry...
>
> He's probably gone to bed by now ... :-)

Heh, at 9.15pm? I think I was having a nice coffee and playing games at
that time. My favourite way to relax after a long day at work ;)

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Dylan Parry
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Programming, n: A pastime similar to banging one's head
against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward.

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