From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,967ae26df92535de X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-16 08:49:44 PST Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:43:56 +0800 From: Adrian Hoe User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: New Software Forum References: <3D8356A7.9010208@worldnet.att.net> <9_2h9.18347$0p1.331293@news2.ulv.nextra.no> <3D84DD98.6080504@worldnet.att.net> <3D84E044.9020306@worldnet.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: akh-131-18.tm.net.my X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: akh-131-18.tm.net.my Message-ID: <3d85fc28_1@news.tm.net.my> X-Trace: news.tm.net.my 1032191016 akh-131-18.tm.net.my (16 Sep 2002 23:43:36 +0800) Organization: TMnet Malaysia Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.cwix.com!news1.tm.net.my Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29033 Date: 2002-09-17T00:43:56+08:00 List-Id: CodeMage wrote: > "Jim Rogers" wrote in message > news:3D84E044.9020306@worldnet.att.net... > >>>I just submitted the article. The web master at the site does >>> > formatting, > >>>including font sizes. I suggest you email the web master about the font >>>problem. I suspect he/she (I don't know which) will try to improve the >>>site as needed. >>> > > There's always a thin line between layout and accessibility of a web site. > Theoretically, one should never assume anything about screen resolution, > font size/color or anything else in the viewer's web browser. In the case of > the CodeMages Community web site however we have chosen to assume a certain > minimum screen resolution and an acceptable accessibility level on the most > widely used web browsers. That is, it looks good on most browsers for most > people. My apologies that for some people this means that the standard font > of the site (8pt Verdana) is too small to be considered comfortably > readable. > > >>I just looked at the article using Netscape version 6.02. >>This version allows me to resize the text up to some very large sizes. >>You might find this browser useful, particularly if your eyes are >>having problems like mine. >> > > At first glance it may seem that the Internet Explorer does not allow the > same thing, because our web site basically 'forces' the layout and style of > the site through the use of cascading stylesheets. It is however fairly easy > to configure Internet Explorer to ignore these stylesheets and to choose > your own font size for instance. Just check out the Accessibility button on > the General tab in Tools | Internet Options. If you check the option "Ignore > font sizes specified on Web pages" and you adjust the font size with View | > Text Size, I'm sure you wouldn't have to switch browsers just to read Jim's > articles! :) > > Kind regards, > > CodeMage > The CodeMages Community > > > > Forget about IE. Netscape 6 can do better. Download and install Netscape 6. Choose View from the menu bar and click Text Size. Here, you can zoom in and out freely. No setup hassle. :-,) -- type Dmitry is new Adrian; -- Adrian Hoe -- http://adrianhoe.com -- Remove *nospam* to email