On 6 Sep 2007, at 17:39, Rick Lecoat wrote:
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.
default settings aren't user preferences, they are manufacturer
preferences.
only when a user changes those defaults do they become the preference
of the user.
surely?
and I'm not just referring to browsers, I'm talking generally.
I believe we're talking this thing round in circles, but if *most*
users leave the defaults as they are and most designers have set the
fonts on most sites smaller than the defaults then the norm for
*most* users is smaller than default.
we're in a catch 22 as I see it.
if the browser manufacturers make the defaults smaller, then a lot of
web sites break. If you don't adjust the font size at all it looks
bigger than expected to *most* users - and if the client is looking
at their site compared to everyone else they also expect it to look
similar, not have massive fonts.
perhaps the wise and good on his list would make it blindingly
obvious which is the best and most pragmatic way to set font-size to
conform to the norm - i.e. smaller than the default *without* messing
up the minority of web users who have changed the defaults in their
browser.
which I think is the crux of the matter, since in the absence of hard
evidence all our feelings on who has set what and what they think to
the norm is pointless.
I'd like a foolproof way of pleasing my client, without upsetting
anyone.
is there a way?
;)
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