> It alleviates the problem, but realistically I still think designers are> better off using relative units
Just as a matter of clarification: pixels *are* a relative unithttp://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#length-units
However, they're relative to the screen resolution, rather than beingre
heretic wrote:
It alleviates the problem, but realistically I still think designers are
better off using relative units
Just as a matter of clarification: pixels *are* a relative unit
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#length-units
However, they're relative to the screen resolution, r
Hi there,
I ask the question partly tongue-in-cheek, but it does make me wonder iftools such as this should be the butt of responsibility?
No, I'd say tools like this are workarounds for the failings of the
native browser. You certainly can't start using pixels for sizing just
because a user *cou
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On 21/08/05, Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Everything on a web page is relative to the viewing device, and so px is
> not relative to anything relevant in the text sizing context. At any
> given resolution, px is no less absolute or fixed than cm, in, or pt,
> all of which cannot be resi
Rimantas Liubertas wrote:
> Why not? In terms of CSS pixels are relative units, just like em and ex.
Just to be sure we understand, here's the definition, current and
probably future:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#length-units
http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-css3-values-20050726/#relati
On 21/08/05, Joshua Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do we love to use pixels for font sizing because it has any intrinsic
> advantage, or simply because we'd rather be designing for print?
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Print? Is print in pixels? Never heard that.
My screen is measured in pixels, I view the web on my
On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 11:35 +0100, designer wrote:
> Hi Joshua, et al,
>
> Let me put it the other way around: A lot of designers love to use
> pixels for font sizing. AFAIK, the only problem with it is that users
> can't resize text in IE. If they could, that would be great. With tools
> such
Hi Joshua, et al,
Let me put it the other way around: A lot of designers love to use
pixels for font sizing. AFAIK, the only problem with it is that users
can't resize text in IE. If they could, that would be great. With tools
such as this, they can. So what I mean is : should it be that we al
On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 13:34 +0100, designer wrote:
> Good afternoon (or whatever),
>
> Does the web accessibility toolbar let me off the hook as far as using
> pixels for text sizing in IE is concerned? I have recently got the
> excellent WAT from
>
> http://www.nils.org.au/ais/
>
> and it has
designer wrote:
Does the web accessibility toolbar let me off the hook as far as using
pixels for text sizing in IE is concerned? I have recently got the
excellent WAT from
http://www.nils.org.au/ais/
and it has an excellent zoom facility, like opera. (A great, and very
educational tool anyw
Good afternoon (or whatever),
Does the web accessibility toolbar let me off the hook as far as using
pixels for text sizing in IE is concerned? I have recently got the
excellent WAT from
http://www.nils.org.au/ais/
and it has an excellent zoom facility, like opera. (A great, and very
educa
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