Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 09/25/07 15:22

Daan wrote:

> The reason I ask is that often advice is given against e.g. the use of
> frames,

"Frames are evil." ..and a general nuisance to maintain as well. There
is reason for all the numerous pages describing why. Such as:
http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil

> against adjusting font sizes

No, against *setting* font sizes. Let the visitor decide.

> or use of particular fonts,

There is no point in assigning an oddball font that your visitors will
not have on their computers. Browsers will attempt to fill in with
something the computer *does* have, which may be completely different
than what you envision. (Or they may screw up really bad if you didn't
specify a fallback family.)

> or all kinds of 'general' best practices,

...such as accessibilty, useability...

> but I can imagine that your designer, your client or your boss might
> disagree.

If your 'designer' disagrees with the practice of following standards,
you need a new one. The boss .. well .. try to explain why his wants are
contrary to good web practices.

--
-bts
-Pixel perfection is made of unobtanium

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