[thelist] percents or pixels?

[Arlen.P.Walker at jci.com]

>Unfortunately, this is great in theory but sucks in practice. For some
>silly reason, MSFT decided that there were 96 pixels in an inch many years
>ago,

And recently the W3C followed suit. Which is why IE5 and Netscape/Moz offer
a toggle between 72dpi and 96 dpi. Default in both cases is currently
96dpi.

>Aside: sometimes designing sites on a mac realy stinks. The standards
>support and rendering consistency in IE5 and NN/Moz are *so good* that I
>get lulled into a false complacency.

I use it to reassure myself that the design actually *does* work, it's only
the browser that doesn't. ;{>}

Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224

Arlen.P.Walker at JCI.Com
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