Posted by dorayme on 12/04/07 21:14

In article <nkial3lp5m99l6d1f0dse9r6tiqbmr1mr1@4ax.com>,
David Segall <david@address.invalid> wrote:

> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> >In article <6dd3d$47540cbc$40cba7b1$10947@NAXS.COM>,
> > "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote:
> >
> >> How can having "RENDEZ" disappear and "VOUS" dropping down into content
> >> fulfill the requirement "line up with the body that I have designed
> >> for my application"? Even if it did stay stable for >800px viewports,
> >> how do you know your visitor has allot that much space. Hint: monitor
> >> resolution != browser viewport.
> >
> >Sorry to keep chirping in here (without helping*), but that is
> >what I was wondering too. I recall words dropping down at text
> >size up clicks in all browsers as well...
> >
> >*I did have an idea and it was based on an assumption of what the
> >OP wanted but gave up when he seemed so pleased with what Ben was
> >offering. I assumed I was not understanding the case. It seemed
> >to me OP wanted what simply could not be achieved with html text
> >and I was going to suggest some css dimensioned image of text...
> >But the mystery continues.
>
> Of course I would be interested in your ideas. I was pleased with
> Ben's response because he provided an answer that met my
> specification.
>

Fair enough, but that is why I was puzzled. It seemed I did not
understand your specification.


> I did not respond to your previous post in this thread because I
> assumed you were simply chiding me for accepting a solution that might
> fail and you knew that there was an implied "the text must not break
> out of the blue area". I have accepted the fact that _I_ cannot design
> an application that will work well on a wrist watch computer and a
> plasma TV screen without extensive additional code that "knows" the
> size of the viewport. If you have a solution to the problem I posed
> that works over a wider range of viewports I would be grateful if you
> would post it.

David, your text was jumping out of its box on my 20" monitor, I
rarely use the whole area for a browser and I often read with
text size bigger than you seem more accustomed to. I was not
really chiding you, I was thinking up theories about what it was
quite that you were wanting. I was not in any way critical of
Ben's proposals.

Lets see if you like the latest proposed solution by someone who
studiously avoids my name... someone who seems to have a rather
nice idea. If this does not please you, say so and I will have a
go... <g>

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dorayme

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