[WEB4LIB] Re: tangent to Re: Inline forms in CSS problem

[Dobbs, Aaron]

At my preferred resolution (1600x1200) 10px is unreadable, even when I
adjust my font size to "Largest" in IE5.5 or Navigator4.78 and 6.  
If I can't read it on the first pass, odds are I won't be back unless you
have something I really need & and for which I am willing to adjust my
screen resolution.  (There isn't a whole lot I'd casually adjust for, btw)

Relative sizes are just that, relative.  Depending on browser & OS
implementaton the "sizes" will change somewhat but Medium will still,
usually, be readable to my 20x100 eyes without glasses.

-Aaron
:-)'

PS So, yes.  px (esp. 10) is bad.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Sosna Bohm [mailto:plum at ulink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:35 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: angent to Re: Inline forms in CSS problem


> [First things first: "font-size: 10px;" is bad.  You don't know how small
> 10px is on the user's monitor.  Stick with relative sizes.]

Are px's really so bad in CSS? It seems that if the user has their pixels
set really high, they expect teeny tiny fonts. The relative sizes seem
almost arbitrary across different platforms.