Adam Porter <a...@alphapapa.net> writes: > So I think it's very important to respect the user's settings, > especially for long texts and documentation (i.e. not the "home page" > parts of Web sites whose purpose is to present projects as a whole).
+1. HTML pages are neither books nor PDFs nor advertising columns. I have a LaTeX background and I like to tweak the micro-typography of my PDF documents (and I find many documents out there quite ugly and hard to read). Therefore I think I understand and kind of sympathize with Timothoys point of view. But the web is quite a different beast. User choices like Window/viewport size, fonts (serif, non-serif, size,...) are way too often ignored and even battled against. Sometimes I get the impression, that every time a web designer gets informed about a new way for users to override design decisions they try to block these possibilities - and in most cases to the disadvantage of users. Yes, today seldom people play with the font settings in their browsers. But why? I think, because they see that these settings seem to never really work. Even if you configure your browser to ignore font settings from HTML/CSS and always use the browser settings, many pages will be next to unreadable - the layout breaks down, if the wrong fonts/sizes are used. Therefore I support Adams wish to honor the configuration of users. The web should be more seen as a documentation system, not an installation of art. -- Until the next mail..., Stefan.
