Personally I find the different sizes most browsers will use for fonts mean that I always do fonts in pixel sizes.
I think that WinIE4/5 implements "small" as the initial value so when you use "smaller" in the body it get's very small. However, I tried it in IE5 and 5.5 and the font size seemed ok to me. The menu however is definitely broken in IE5 and 5.5 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Kear Sent: Thursday, 25 March 2004 12:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WSG] Suggestions about what to do here ... What do you guys think I should do about this …. A user has logged into my bluegrass Australia web site as a member (http://bluegrass.org.au ) and says when he logs in, he can’t read the site any more, because the text is too small and the menus don't work properly. The menus don't work properly because I have a javascript error, that’s under control, I can fix that. But the font size thing is a bit of a worry. I asked him about his environment and here’s what he said he has: Intel Celeron 650 meg processor, ATI graphics card, 256 meg RAM, Mitsubishi monitor. I run windows 98, IE 5. Here’s how I see it. I can: [A] say he’s got IE5, tell him to take a jump because he needs to upgrade. (I’ve done that, but if there’s another answer that’s easy I’d like to do that too – he’s not alone) [B] just let him lump it and use the CTRL-Wheel to increase the font size [C] change the style sheets to accommodate IE5 users. So what’s your suggestions about how I can handle this? I’m not against telling him ‘tough – upgrade your browser!’ but if there’s a fix that’s fairly easy I’d like to consider that. The site is at http://bluegrass.org.au and I’ve set up a membership for you to try .. user: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pass: member The style sheets are : Main pages: http://bluegrass.org.au/styles/Bluegrass_Australia.css Menus: http://bluegrass.org.au/styles/cssjsmenu.css Menus hover: http://bluegrass.org.au/styles/cssjsmenuhover.css Yes, I know it’s not valid html, but I don't think that’s why this problem has come about. To get the html to validate is a big job here, so I’m working towards that as fast as I can. Cheers Mike Kear AFP Webworks Windsor, NSW, Australia http://afpwebworks.com --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.624 / Virus Database: 401 - Release Date: 15/03/2004 ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
