Donna Casey wrote: > can someone point me to a page that is 1) true, 2) reliable, and > recognizably authorative, and 3) that says what the default settings are > for Internet Explorer browsers - as in View>Text Size>Largest, Larger, > Medium, Smaller, Small? > I'm in a heated debate with a company for whom I do a lot of work, who > insists that IE's View>Text Size setting defaults to Smaller. I believe > it defaults to Medium.
Medium on IE is always 12pt BTW. > However, I've found the following pages: > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/ietext.shtml > http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.setup/browse_thread/thread/739ea1b0f06ee708/5deca6cb16e3a34b%235deca6cb16e3a34b?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=1&num=3 > that indicate that if you have Eudora email, a glitch causes the default > of the IE browser to set to Smaller. That could well be. I've never installed Eudora, and so haven't personally observed the reputed default=smaller problem. > Anyone have info about this? To keep it on-topic for CSS, it relates to > using 100% and ems for web development (which I do, always, using > 100.01% on the body, setting my wrapper to .625em [roughly 10px at > defaults] and then sizing child selectors with em values). Apparently, > this is too small for this person, yet for all other clients of mine, it > makes IE and compliant browser text the same size and makes it easier > for me to gauge size in pixel amounts, assuming defaults. Exactly why is it you need to "gauge size in pixel amounts"? > But this client is not all that up-to-date with best practices (doesn't > understand the differences between html/xhtml, much less how css and > font-sizing works). He thinks that because he's reinstalled IE on his > company's computers (I think they all use Eudora) and they default to > Smaller, that the default setting IS Smaller. > Help me out, please? Or if I'm wrong, I am happy to know it, but I don't > think I am. A reputable page somewhere with the info would truly help. I spent a very long time constructing these. http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/absolute-sizes-IE5.html http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/absolute-sizes-IE6.html Compare Gecko on http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/absolute-sizes-M.html and http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/absolute-sizes-MvE.html -- "Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you." Psalm 55:22 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/auth/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
