On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Karen Lofstrom wrote:
On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Michael S. Hart <hart@pglaf.org> wrote:
I can remember writing so many articles about ajusting resolution, colors, font and font size, etc., that everyone should have something exactly that matches their own preferences. . .is no one doing that?
You can specify exactly what you want if you turn off the site's CSS and display it in the text format you choose.
Me? I try to keep my own personal preferences just that, personal. I try very hard not to impose them on the rest of the world. That is why I don't like to choose the books, formats, etc, but to let more people have more of a say in that, whether they are part of PG or just do it on their own.
In so doing, you break most of what makes the site interesting and usable.
What makes a "site interesting and usable" is different to everyone.
I usually do fine with Zoom Page. It remembers the last setting I chose for each site. So I'll jump from 133% to 150% to 170% as I browse, without having to fuss with settings. Different sites use different size fonts.
Yes, I have Zoom, but I rarely use it, and when I do, I note that I always bring it back to 100% pretty quickly because I have that setting optimized with all my other features.
The only problem is that some sites are set up so that when you magnify them, some columns start overlapping each other. If I knew more XHTML and CSS, I could explain what causes that. I'm guessing that it's a result of setting columns with pixel numbers rather than percentages, but I could be wrong.
It can also be because they justify one column left and the other right so each one starts from its edge and pushes in as you zoom, and I would think there are other reasons that have similar results.
-- Karen Lofstrom
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