Posted by 1001 Webs on 11/08/07 00:18

On Nov 7, 6:07 pm, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2007-11-07, 1001 Webs wrote:
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> > On Nov 7, 12:25 pm, "rf" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
> >> "1001 Webs" <1001w...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:1194431423.795169.202640@d55g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> >> > On Nov 7, 2:01 am, "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> What is oversized? If it is oversized without any font-size specs,
> >> >> your browser needs adjusting.
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> >> > I mean oversized when it doesnt fit in the boxes is supposed to.
> >> > I think is almost done now.
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> >> Then it's worse. It's not your browser that needs adjusting, it is your
> >> design.
> > No idiot, no.
> > The text has to fit in the box, moron.
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> If you give a fixed size to the box, the text you provide, no
> matter what it is, may or may not fit in the box. It all depends on
> the font size in the viewer's browser.
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> If you don't specify the size of the box, it will expand to fit the
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> >> It is plain stupid to expect resizable text to fit in some arbitrarily sized
> >> box.
> > It is plain foolish, to say the least, to give opinions without
> > knowing about the dimensions of the box.
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> It is plain foolish to give a fixed size to a box when you don't
> know what size the viewer is using for text (and you don't).

Correct .
But I'm not going to change the design now.
It is a template that I should have validated before.
I took for granted that it was valid.
That's my fault and I am paying dearly for that gross mistake.

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