What I am asking is that ideally -- in the past -- we've developed our web pages with CSS to expand both horizontally and vertically so that when someone chose a larger font size the page would expand accordingly. Now that browsers have the ability to "page" zoom (rather than just text zoom) is the importance of horizontal and vertical expansion a moot point?
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:04 PM, David Laakso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Ce Ce wrote: > >> These days with the ability of most modern browsers to "zoom" in on an >> entire page (rather than just a text zoom), is it worth it to use ems or >> percentages rather than pixels for element and text sizing? If pixels are >> the most consistent measurement and not subject to inheritance -- would it >> be best to use pixels for all measurements from now on? >> >> Thanks, Ce Ce >> >> > > > I think what one uses depends on particular situations and needs at hand -- > what will do for this, may not do for that. "One size fits all, " as they > say in the clothing industry, does not necessarily work for all situations > on the Web. And our good friend of the list(s), Georg Sortun, has produced > some layouts that defy contemporary reality-- sizing width elements in > pixels, em's, and percent -- and throwing in min/max width to boot, all > within one layout... > > -- > > A thin red line and a salmon-color ampersand forthcoming. > > http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
