[thelist] CSS Font Size

[Jeff Howden]

shawn,

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> From: Shawn K. Quinn
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> [...] Units like px are only intended for user-side
> stylesheets, and should *never* be used in an
> author-side stylesheet for the screen. [...]
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and on that subject we're in complete disagreement.  there are times, albeit
few, that px are a superior choice to something that scales.  the important
thing to take away from this conversation is that the use of fixed sizes
should be strongly discouraged.  however, using absolutes like always and
never serve only to weaken your point.

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> [...] Not everybody plays the version number contest;
> some developers prefer to actually make a better browser
> instead of dumping builds out there just to bump the
> version number up.
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*cough*mozilla-anything*cough*

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> It would be better to state your goal as "I want my
> pages to be accessible with browsers released within the
> last X (years|months|weeks)."
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absolutely.  i couldn't agree more.

.jeff

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