I think it's a good idea, Allyson, but can contribute nothing but agreement.
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Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Elena - Feb 03, 2003 6:16:16 pm PST #4021 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
Jon B. - Feb 03, 2003 6:36:32 pm PST #4022 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Going back a few days to DXMachina "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Jan 29, 2003 1:36:27 pm EST
Java, the size and font are hardwired into the code.
Not so! The font is, but for posts, the size is not. The browser default size is used. DX is correct that Verdana is bigger than most other fonts, so posts will looks bigger than the text on most other web pages. We've gone around and around on this topic in BBaBB and the current set-up seems to be the best compromise until we build-in user-defined stylesheets.
DXMachina - Feb 03, 2003 6:40:13 pm PST #4023 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Can we just remove the font faces from the style sheet, so that the browser's defaults are used? That's the way WX did it. Let's everybody pick their own. If there's a compelling technical reason for specifying faces, I'll live with it, but if there isn't, why do we need them?
DXMachina - Feb 03, 2003 6:41:32 pm PST #4024 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Just to note that I know I sound like a broken record here, but I really hate Verdana.
Jon B. - Feb 03, 2003 6:45:23 pm PST #4025 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And I really like it, so ptthhht!
Seriously, the usability folks swear by it. It was designed specifically as an easy-on-the-eyes screen font.
amych - Feb 03, 2003 6:52:38 pm PST #4026 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
It was designed specifically as an easy-on-the-eyes screen font.
They never ran into the problem of Ple=Pie.
Michele T. - Feb 03, 2003 6:53:15 pm PST #4027 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Yay Ple!
DXMachina - Feb 03, 2003 7:02:11 pm PST #4028 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Seriously, the usability folks swear by it. It was designed specifically as an easy-on-the-eyes screen font.
I understand that. You know what? That logic only works if you prefer to use Verdana as your default font. If a font forces me to change my browser settings to make it appear at a reasonable size, which then makes every other site in the world look tiny, then it's not very useable to me.
That probably wasn't very clear, but if I set my browser's default size to make Verdana look good, then everything else looks awful. The other thing is, IIRC, the better legibility is only noticeable at very small point sizes.
My point is that if people prefer Verdana, they can (and probably do) specify it in their browser settings. If they prefer something else, then don't prevent them from using it.
brenda m - Feb 03, 2003 7:02:39 pm PST #4029 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The Verdana doesn't bother me (except for the occasional plei/pie thing, as noted) but it's a little annoying having to change the text size on my browser each time I log on to the board.
xposted with DX's much more helpful explanation.
Jesse - Feb 03, 2003 7:18:20 pm PST #4030 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have no opinion on fonts, but Herah, as far as I know, there's no list of mailing lists.