Sent by Jeroen Visser [ vizi ] on 4 August 2004 17:05
Chris Heilmann wrote:
>>>Besides,
>>>why should I force users to use controls I've designed myself over the
>>>controls built into the browser?
>
> Because they don't keep the state for your site only but apply it to all.
> Why should a user change his settings for your site and make others
> unusable?
You could easily reverse this reasoning: why should a user set his
preferences again for every site, when most browsers provides a way to
do this in one sweep?
>>>Granted, if browser text resizing also works then this is not a bad
>>>thing to have, but if you're using pixels, it's not going to work in
>>>IE.
>
> And a browser fault should not keep us from designing cleverly.
Just don't use 'px' and everybody's fine.
> My stance is if you want to _really_ help the users, give them more:
> http://ltlg.icant.co.uk
I think it's a great initiative, but it would only be useful for sites
with a heavy user binding (online banking, frequently visited forums and
the like). I can't imagine a web surfer taking that time when his or her
visits to the site are infrequent or short.
In my experience, people who really need or want to already have a user
stylesheet or even an assisting program, and other people just use the
scrollwheel to zoom on occasion.
Jeroen
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