Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Steve Olive
On Tuesday 07 August 2007 20:37, Rick Lecoat wrote: And I always wonder how many people, particularly the older generation who (without wanting to generalise too much) may not be quite as tech- savvy as their kids, actually have no idea that the default text size can even be adjusted, and

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Alastair Campbell
Rob Kirton wrote: I was informed that they had a far better idea in the pipeline. I'm not holding my breath... As others suggested, full page zoom is likely to be it, but I hope they include Opera's fit-to-width option, or something to the same effect. Otherwise it won't be any better than

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Stuart Foulstone
The best on-screen text-size/font-type for readability by human beings has been much researched ever since computer screens were invented - it's nothing to do with the application (e.g. browser). Computer screens may have steadily improved (and so has the research) but human evolution doesn't

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Rob Kirton
Alastair No doubt it was full page zoom. However I would have thought it sufficiently an important feature to dedicated a couple of buttons in the chrome bar to it, maybe a simple + and - (my actual sugestion to them). I realise that screen real estate is precious, however I think we all agree

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Rob Kirton wrote: However I would have thought it sufficiently an important feature to dedicated a couple of buttons in the chrome bar to it, maybe a simple + and - (my actual sugestion to them). What makes you think that there won't be 'a couple of buttons' ?

Re: [WSG] setting fontsize in body

2007-08-08 Thread Alastair Campbell
Stuart Foulstone wrote: Computer screens may have steadily improved (and so has the research) but human evolution doesn't change so fast that HCI research becomes outdated in 13 years as you suggest. Was the decision on default font size actually based on research, or was it just what they

Re: [WSG] Shop Products Markup

2007-08-08 Thread Frances Berriman
On 07/08/2007, Elle Meredith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Just wanted to ask when you build an e-commerce site, do you markup the products in any additional markup to give them more meaning? and by that I mean microformats or XBL or just XML? Thanks, Elle You may want to take a look at

[WSG] Out Of Office

2007-08-08 Thread Kimon G Rethis
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[WSG] opinions on the sale of .com.au domain names

2007-08-08 Thread WebScience Australia
Hi all, just a two question survey on australian domain names (.com.au) Background : As it stands currently, the policy set out in relation to Australian domain names, prohibits you from selling a .com.au domain name to another person other than in some circumstances such as : selling the

Re: [WSG] opinions on the sale of .com.au - ADMIN

2007-08-08 Thread russ - maxdesign
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Re: [WSG] opinions on the sale of .com.au domain names

2007-08-08 Thread Nick Gleitzman
On 9 Aug 2007, at 10:38 AM, WebScience Australia wrote: Please reply with your business name, contact name and hone number, and the answers to the two questions. Offlist, of course, as this is waaay OT... N ___ omnivision. websight. http://www.omnivision.com.au/

Re: [WSG] opinions on the sale of .com.au domain names

2007-08-08 Thread Jermayn Parker
to be honest I like the strict rules of .com.au Q1: NO Q2: NO JP2 Designs Jermayn Parker 0407 996 820 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/08/2007 8:38:53 am Hi all, just a two question survey on australian domain names (.com.au) Background : As it stands currently, the policy set out in relation to