On 6/9/07 (16:41) Jens said: >I do admit the first time I read your initial post I cringed and >screamed AAARGGGHLXX! ;-)
Yeah, fair enough, and I knew that many would share your reaction. But the question in the original post was one that I really had divided opinions about and wanted to hear other people's thoughts. the ensuing melee has perhaps not convinced me entirely either way, but has nudged me in one direction over another, so it's been valid (for me at least), and thank you to all who participated. >Irrespective of your assumption about who would be more capable of >resizing text I think you somehow missed my point. No, I understood you. I just wanted to try throwing it back with a bit of personal spin and see what you made of it. When you say: >People who require larger text can not instantly access information on >a page with small text size I don't particularly disagree with you. I would, however, be /very/ interested to find out how many of the people who require 'larger' text (eg. people who find the cited 'small-text' sites -- yahoo, NY Times, etc -- hard to read) already have their browsers set up to make the necessary corrections, either by setting a large minimum font size, or by clicking the 'Ignore font sizes set by page' box (that's just an IE thing I think). I think that information would be enlightening. The issue of whether an unchanged default setting, except when left as it is by deliberate choice, should be considered a 'user preference' in the context of "most people have their preferred size set to 16px" has not really been decided for me, but maybe it's like trying to prove a negative. Certainly plenty of others on this list are satisfied that it should be considered so in the absence of evidence to the contrary, and maybe I'll have to leave it at that. Or start saving up to commission a massive study. Nah. -- Rick Lecoat ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************