Posted by Sherm Pendley on 07/26/07 21:17

"M" <nowhereman@twilightzone.net> writes:

> "Sherm Pendley" <spamtrap@dot-app.org> wrote in message
> news:m2r6mvhrol.fsf@dot-app.org...
>> "M" <nowhereman@twilightzone.net> writes:
>>
>>> I'm not trying
>>> to stop users from re-sizing fonts -- I'm merely trying to allow it in
>>> more
>>> precise increments.
>>>
>>> Is this something I can do from my end, or is it a function of the
>>> browser?
>>
>> It's a function of the browser.
>
> Thx for the reply. I was thinking about this a little more though -- there
> must be some effect due to the code, because not every site reacts in my
> browser (FF 1.5) this way. Logically, it must be some combination of the two
> at work, no?

True, but the factors that influence the browser's behavior haven't been
standardized. It's purely up to the whim of the browser maker to decide
what will trigger more precise resizing.

What I suspect is that the resizing code in FF is based on a multiple of
the size as given in CSS or HTML. The result would be that sites using
absurdly tiny font sizes would have correspondingly tiny increments when
the sizes are adjusted.

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