Re: New Software Forum

["CodeMage" <codemage@crystalcode.com>]

"Jim Rogers" <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> 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