Fontsize viewing problem on browser

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motoruser.com

On my site, http://www.motoruser.com, I have problem that when the viewer
changes the text size on their browser to larger than medium, it sends my
tables out of line, is there any way of preventing the text size from being
increased while viewing? I have noticed on some other sites that the text
cannot be increased.
 
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Thor Kottelin

motoruser.com said:
On my site, http://www.motoruser.com, I have problem that when the viewer
changes the text size on their browser to larger than medium, it sends my
tables out of line, is there any way of preventing the text size from being
increased while viewing?
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I don't understand the way you're thinking. Do you really want the text to
be too small for your visitors to read (at least comfortably)?

Don't try to set fixed sizes for your tables. Allow them to scale
according to the browsing environment.

Preferably separate content from layout altogether. Presentation should be
suggested using CSS; tables are for tabular data.

Thor
 
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Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]

If they are increasing the font size, it's because they need to do this to
use your site.
 
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fido

If they are increasing the font size, it's because they need to do this to
use your site.
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Indeed, the OP could try specifying a slightly larger font size, thus
avoiding the need for a minority of users to increase the font size on
their screens. Personally I don't have a problem reading any of the
text on that page, although I certaInly wouldn't want it any smaller.
I can imagine some users having a problem with the readability of the
navbar text.

As this is a site to do with motors, perhaps it is reasonable to
assume that the site's users are blessed with something like 20/20
vision. I find it slightly worrying to think that I am forced to share
the road with drivers who feel the need to increase on-screen font
sizes. :)

And yes, I know about the effect of different screen resolutions: I am
using 1280 x 1024 on a 19" monitor. That tends to produce pretty small
text.

fido
 
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Ronx

As this is a site to do with motors, perhaps it is reasonable to
assume that the site's users are blessed with something like 20/20
vision
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No, that is not a reasonable assumption. Long-sighted people have
perfect vision for motoring and distance viewing, but need optical
assistance for close work, like reading computer screens.
 
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fido

No, that is not a reasonable assumption. Long-sighted people have
perfect vision for motoring and distance viewing, but need optical
assistance for close work, like reading computer screens.
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Oh, really? I'm wearing these reading glasses and I always did wonder
what they were for. Is it not reasonable to assume that other
long-sighted people have discovered the secret of reading glasses too?

fido
 
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Cheryl D Wise

There are many different reasons to increase font size that have nothing to
do with someone's ability to see to drive.

For instance I'm writing this on a Toshiba m205 tablet pc. The screen is
12.1" measured on the diagonal. The resolution is 1400x1050. That means to
one physical inch in size I have 140px. Contrast that to the typical 15"
laptop with 1024x768 for the screen resolution that has approximately 75px
per physical inch and you should be able to tell that text on my screen is
just over half the size of what the typical computer display is. The laptop
I had before the tablet had a 15" with the same resolution, that means 96px
per physical inch.

Also, there is a little vision issue that tends to hit people after the age
for 40. It is called "farsightedness" which means beyond 2-4' the person has
perfect vision but for the typical reading distance the person doesn't text
well at all. Friends of mine call it the short arms syndrome.

FYI, depending on whether your 19" monitor is a CRT or an LCD you have
between 71 & 77px per physical inch. Not that small in the grand scheme of
things, especially not when compared to a high resolution tablet or laptop.

The person who should scare you to be on the road with is my father, his 21"
monitor is set to 800x600 or he can't read it even with reading glasses.

--
Cheryl D. Wise
MS FrontPage MVP
http://mvp.wiserways.com
http://starttoweb.com
Online instructor led web design training in FrontPage,
Dreamweaver and more!
 
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Cheryl D Wise

Vanity prevents many people from wearing reading glass. With others it
creeps on them without realizing it, or they simply prefer to use larger
text so they don't have to keep track of a pair of glasses.

So no, it isn't necessarily reasonable to assume 'long sighted' people will
choose to wear reading glasses when working on a computer when the
alternative of adjusting font sizes works just as well with less
inconvenience to their lifestyle.

--
Cheryl D. Wise
MS FrontPage MVP
http://mvp.wiserways.com
http://starttoweb.com
Online instructor led web design training in FrontPage,
Dreamweaver and more!
 
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fido

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The person who should scare you to be on the road with is my father, his 21"
monitor is set to 800x600 or he can't read it even with reading glasses.
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We all know that I was using slight exaggeration to emphasise a point.
Evidently something was lost in the translation.

fido
 
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Randy Morgan

I think the vision condition to which Cheryl refers goes by the name
"presbyopia", and is, indeed, an age-related phenomenon.

Just a little something for y'all to throw at prospective clients to
impress (befuddle?) them, as in "Have you fully considered Presbyopia
Issues during your site design?"

Randy
 
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