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.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
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
Jon B. - Feb 03, 2003 6:45:23 pm PST #4025 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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.
jengod - Feb 03, 2003 9:06:02 pm PST #4031 of 10001
Yay! I used the search engine and it rocked! A week ago I didn't even know where the search engine was. Go search engine builders!
Herah, ita posted this reply to the same question a few weeks back:
ita "We Need Natter 7 and We Might Take Yours" Jan 24, 2003 2:18:50 am EST
Since then the capitolistas (baltimore-dc) list has been created.
Making a list of lists has, I think, been added to the list of things to do.
Rebecca Lizard - Feb 03, 2003 9:25:53 pm PST #4032 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
t twitchy
My personal thing is, I like Times 12 for my default font. I really do. And I liked it for WX, but I feel it'd make everything look wildly tiny and twitchy to have this board in all Times 12.
What would be really cool wld be if we could specify a font in our profiles. Or write our own stylesheets. I remember this discussion having happened before....
t looks wheedlingly at ita
Jon B. - Feb 03, 2003 10:47:36 pm PST #4033 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm on record as willing to work on the make-your-own-stylesheet project, but there's other stuff that's been given higher priority.
Cindy - Feb 04, 2003 4:59:59 am PST #4034 of 10001
Nobody
They never ran into the problem of Ple=Pie.
When come back, bring Ple.
Mmmmm Ple.