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dorayme
I was showing a customer a website (not his) I am reworking. He
was one who made a bit of a fuss over the font-size I used on
/his/ site a while back (he complained, diplomatically, that his
site looked "non-standard" in terms of the size of the text.
Still, after he listened to various speeches and intimidation by
me, he thought he "would like it a bit smaller"! I reduced it -
from the former generally 100% - and he was as happy as a koala
on a newly sprouting gum). Well, I have been working on him a
while and he finally said about this (not his) site: "I must
say, it is easy to read! Comfortable from even a metre away, and
it is all there..." (he meant by the latter, certainly no side
scrolling needed and on the screen we were looking at, no any
scrolling except maybe a footer...)
This idea was something I have been reinforced in from the sound
advice one hears in alt.html. I am saying a couple of things
here: one, maybe many of you should take a bow. And two, it is
sometimes hard to see good quality for its worth when it is
unusual - take a look at sites at random and see how many
actually try to dictate smaller than default...
And now, I am going to seek surgery on this lump in my throat,
have a good cry and maybe a chuck in the corner...
was one who made a bit of a fuss over the font-size I used on
/his/ site a while back (he complained, diplomatically, that his
site looked "non-standard" in terms of the size of the text.
Still, after he listened to various speeches and intimidation by
me, he thought he "would like it a bit smaller"! I reduced it -
from the former generally 100% - and he was as happy as a koala
on a newly sprouting gum). Well, I have been working on him a
while and he finally said about this (not his) site: "I must
say, it is easy to read! Comfortable from even a metre away, and
it is all there..." (he meant by the latter, certainly no side
scrolling needed and on the screen we were looking at, no any
scrolling except maybe a footer...)
This idea was something I have been reinforced in from the sound
advice one hears in alt.html. I am saying a couple of things
here: one, maybe many of you should take a bow. And two, it is
sometimes hard to see good quality for its worth when it is
unusual - take a look at sites at random and see how many
actually try to dictate smaller than default...
And now, I am going to seek surgery on this lump in my throat,
have a good cry and maybe a chuck in the corner...
R
Roy Schestowitz
__/ [dorayme] on Monday 31 October 2005 09:05 \__
The real test should involve the elderly sitting right in front of a 15"
monitor. If they squint, the font must be too small. If not, then only the
visually-impaired will suffer while voice and zooming can make up for that.
I am guilty of doing that. 80% for font-size is quite common, but I heard
some arguments over that value as somewhat of a norm.
....good luck with /allll/ that...
Roy
The real test should involve the elderly sitting right in front of a 15"
monitor. If they squint, the font must be too small. If not, then only the
visually-impaired will suffer while voice and zooming can make up for that.
I am guilty of doing that. 80% for font-size is quite common, but I heard
some arguments over that value as somewhat of a norm.
....good luck with /allll/ that...
Roy
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rf
dorayme wrote:
[general rant over font size]
Exactly. Go over to AWW and visit jennylee's latest thread. We are having a
good discussion with her over font size/fluid design and all that crap. She
is coming around, expecially when we all pointed how her pages break badly
when we up our font size
Put a bucket in the corner first.
[general rant over font size]
Exactly. Go over to AWW and visit jennylee's latest thread. We are having a
good discussion with her over font size/fluid design and all that crap. She
is coming around, expecially when we all pointed how her pages break badly
when we up our font size
Put a bucket in the corner first.
M
Mark Parnell
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dorayme
From: rf said:
And this AWW, when it is at home, is?
D
dorayme
From: Roy Schestowitz said:
Well, I took a look at your http://www.schestowitz.com/roy/ and
it is nice, choc a block with stuff. When it comes to people
having to read continuous text properly it is fine.
Couple of points since you are in Manchester. I lived in
Didsbury. Used to take the bus to the Palatine in West Didsbury
for the Sat avo flicks. On the bus, would sit upstairs and use
ticket circle "punch outs" and sprinkle them on the top of the
bus conductor's flat top hat as he went down the winding stairs.
In the flicks we would now and then roll ball-lollies down the
sloping aisles in the stalls, or if upstairs on the balcony at
the front, sprinkle a bit of pepper now and then to see how many
folk in the stalls would sneeze.
Anyway what's this to do with alt.html?
R
Roy Schestowitz
__/ [dorayme] on Tuesday 01 November 2005 01:48 \__
I am actually a bit embarrassed about this section, which is 'where it all
began'. I sunk too deep in frames when I started working on it back in
September/October 2002.
*LOL* Nice story nontheless. The mischievous things we all do as young-
sters... even at the age of 18, my friends and I was were tempted to throw
some small cones at the Burger King's glass shielding and see the response
from people around the scene. It can be pretty fun when you overlook the
branch from 100 feet above, next to a very steep slope that makes you
merely invisible.
Roy
I am actually a bit embarrassed about this section, which is 'where it all
began'. I sunk too deep in frames when I started working on it back in
September/October 2002.
*LOL* Nice story nontheless. The mischievous things we all do as young-
sters... even at the age of 18, my friends and I was were tempted to throw
some small cones at the Burger King's glass shielding and see the response
from people around the scene. It can be pretty fun when you overlook the
branch from 100 feet above, next to a very steep slope that makes you
merely invisible.
Roy