Sent by tedd on 31 January 2004 22:10
Eric said:
>>So, does anyone know -- or is this something, for whatever reason,
>>we don't address on this list?
>
> It's hard to say. I don't think there is a definitive answer;
>some will tell you that a design has to hang together up to 200%,
>others to 300%, others to infinity. Still others will claim that
>nobody should ever zoom the text, while yet another camp will decry
>text zooming as broken in the first place. Even the people
>responsible for implementing zooming (either text or page) in
>browsers wonder about it.
> So it's probably off-topic simply because there's no practical
>answer. It's like asking how many miles makes for too long a road
>trip, or how much inflation a balloon should be able to withstand.
I understand -- and I thank you for attention and reply.
But, please accept my ignorance as the excuse for my reply -- which is "why?"
We should have some expectation, some idea, of what size a web site
can be, or should be. I know that there are limitations in what
browsers can properly render, but what are those limitations with
respect to size? Do we have any idea? If so, where's the reference?
I realize that creating web sites that can be seen on all browsers
and on all platforms at all magnifications is simply not possible --
other than just plain text and even that may be problematic.
So, what is most plausible? What is most reasonable to expect with
the tools we have?
As far IF this topic is css related, or not -- but of course it is.
We deal with hacks everyday to get around limitations and quirks in
browsers and platforms with regard to rendering our sites properly
--- and size is just another detail. And, that detail has to do with
css positioning as well as font rendering -- it is most certainly
on-topic.
Now, I have read most, if not all, of your books and you are a very
knowledgeable man -- certainly you can see that size does matter.
And, we have the means to adapt our sites via css to deal with
different zoom levels. The question is, to what degree can we
identify problems and provide work-a-rounds?
Agreed, I don't think there is a definitive answer, but from what
I've learned about css in the last two months, definitive answers are
few. So, lack of one shouldn't stop us from trying to find a
reasonable and optimized solution for size rendering problems, should
it?
tedd
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