Gavin Smith wrote: > > Ian Collier wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 12:07:57AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: > > > I know this is a common problem with viewing > > > websites on a Mac, and then a PC, so what am I doing wrong? Any ideas? > > > > Yes, it sounds like what you are doing wrong is expecting it to appear > > identically on different browsers. This isn't the nature of the web... > > > > imc > > Thanks for your helpful/patronizing words :) As I said, this is a > *platform* issue, not a browser issue - it looks the same on all > browsers on the Mac or PC, but the text appears bigger in the Windows > browsers and therefore messes up alignment etc.
Mac's show the text at about 1 size smaller than on other machines, for whatever reason. SO for example, looking at Size 2 on a Mac looks the same size as looking at Size 1 on a PC. Size 1 is almost unreadable on a Mac (which is a bugger, cos its the nicest looking size on a PC). The only option I've found is to use size 2 (which is probably what you are doing) - its fine on a Mac, and as long as you stick to verdana/sans-serif font it looks ok. Bit annoying or what? It is just a platform matter though - all browsers on a PC will display the size fairly similar, (MSIE seems a bit bigger usually), and all Mac browsers will display slightly smaller than a PC. You can probably fix it by setting up the browser settings. Or buying Mac users really strong specs. fitz -- Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#11077801
