Posted by Jose on 10/31/43 11:42

> It would
> be so much easier as the designer of a site if you could be confident that
> everyone would see the same view of the page without the line breaks and
> table column widths being variable under user control.

No it wouldn't - don't be ridiculous. I don't give a hoot or a damn
what the web designer thinks I ought to see. The web designer in most
cases is a moron. I came to see the content, and I want to see it -my-
way. The web designer isn't going to buy me a new computer or monitor
to display their wonderous work of art (a luxury dead tree designers do
have), and they are mistaken if they believe that the only thing I am
interested in is their TV show. I am doing things. Often I am doing
things with their site and another program.

It's my goddamn computer!

Hmmph!

> but don't let them
> change the font size independent of all other objects on the page

So if I want to be able to read the text, the picture has to balloon
too? And if I want to shrink the window so I can see my spreadsheet,
the pictures have to become postage stamps??

> let the
> site author retain full control over all other aspects of formatting,
> typography etc.

If you actually want me to =read= your content, let =me= choose the
formatting and typography. Let me turn off all the inane flashing
animations that steal my attention. Let me navigate back and forth at
will, my way.

Do you ever browse the web as a =user=??

Jose
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