Posted by Chaddy2222 on 11/06/07 11:14

Ed Jensen wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > I understand what you're saying - I do the same. But don't blame CSS on
> > the developer's poor choice of font sizes.
>
> It's not really a font size problem. People viewing web pages should
> be able to override the fonts and font sizes in web pages and the web
> page should still render correctly.
>
> The problem is that when users do that, the web pages end up rendering
> incorrectly.
>
> > Not if they're designed properly. However, there are too many people
> > who think they're web developers who don't have any idea what they're
> > doing. And they don't try different default font sizes.
>
> My experience has been that CSS based layout problems are pretty much
> universal. Big sites, small sites, free sites, expensive sites,
> amateur sites, professional sites.
>
> > Sure. Good CSS doesn't suffer from those problems. It's all in
> > understanding the markup and testing.
>
> This is where we disagree.
>
> I've been in the software development field for a long time, and I've
> come to realize that when almost everyone is using a tool incorrectly,
> it's almost always because the tool itself is poorly designed.
>
> If almost everyone is getting their CSS based layouts wrong, something
> is probably wrong with CSS based layout technology in general.
Nah I think you will find it's the designer. My main site at:
http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz should re size if the font size is
increased.
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Regards Chad.

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