Posted by Daan on 09/25/07 16:36

On Sep 25, 5:22 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m...@example.invalid> wrote:
> 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.

The point of my post was not debating the advices given. I think they
are all good practices that any web developer should follow. I just
wonder how often the 'experts' or professional web developers in this
group face a situation where they meet resistance when it comes to
applying those advices.

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