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

[Chan, Ian]

Because IE5.5 and NN4.7 interpret the relative sizes differently, each of
our library web pages will write in a different css link depending on the
browser viewing the page.  We have one style sheet for Netscape and one for
IE.

(Of course NN6.2 and IE 6 also interpret the sizes differently.)

This is our form page with the JavaScript for selecting the appropriate
style sheet.
http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Research_Tools/question.html

Also, this page has a script for varying the font size with controls on the
page itself.  The font size starts at 14px.
http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/Library_Services/classrooms.html
Its experimental .. let me know if it works!


Ian Chan
Librarian
2BE2101
(206) 587-6336
www.seattlecentral.org/faculty/iachan
http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib



-----Original Message-----
From: Dobbs, Aaron [mailto:DobbsA at apsu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 10:09 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: tangent to Re: Inline forms in CSS problem


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
implementation 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.