Martin Hay
2003-11-12, 07:13
Someone mentioned before that the style sheet specified the font size in points. If I recall correctly (it's been a while) IE doesn't scale these at all. If you put on the accessibility options, large text, whatever, it stays the same. To be fair to MS, it's not a stupid way of doing it - they're just following a precise specification in the style sheet.
If you want the text to scale with the visibility options, you should ideally specify it in "em's". This is a unit of the width of an "m" at a certain point size, but scales up and down nicely.
I'm probably wrong. It's been years since I touched a style sheet. If you try this and mince your site, it's your own fault :)
Martin.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Dunn [mailto:james.dunn (AT) hedgehog-house (DOT) co.uk]
Sent: Tue 11/11/2003 22:55
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It works for other sites where the font isn't "locked" (I only use this as a
term as presumably there is something in the way it's coded that stops this
working) - but not on this board.
Personally I'm not actually too worried about this as I actually rarely need
the web view. I much prefer the new system without the adds!! ;o)
James
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:47 PM
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Subject: RE: [Discuss] Re: New Message Board
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> None of these things seem to change the font size of the site
> when using
> IE6.
Sorry, don't know why it doesn't work for you. It's worked for me as far
back as I can remember and I'm currently using IE6 in XP. It also works in
applications that have IE windows in them, such as Outlook and Outlook
Express.
If you want the text to scale with the visibility options, you should ideally specify it in "em's". This is a unit of the width of an "m" at a certain point size, but scales up and down nicely.
I'm probably wrong. It's been years since I touched a style sheet. If you try this and mince your site, it's your own fault :)
Martin.
-----Original Message-----
From: James Dunn [mailto:james.dunn (AT) hedgehog-house (DOT) co.uk]
Sent: Tue 11/11/2003 22:55
To: SLIMP3 Discussion
Cc:
Subject: RE: [Discuss] Re: New Message Board
It works for other sites where the font isn't "locked" (I only use this as a
term as presumably there is something in the way it's coded that stops this
working) - but not on this board.
Personally I'm not actually too worried about this as I actually rarely need
the web view. I much prefer the new system without the adds!! ;o)
James
-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com
[mailto:discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Shanholtz
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:47 PM
To: 'SLIMP3 Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Discuss] Re: New Message Board
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com
> [mailto:discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT) slimdevices.com] On Behalf Of James Dunn
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:29 PM
> To: SLIMP3 Discussion
> Subject: RE: [Discuss] Re: New Message Board
>
> None of these things seem to change the font size of the site
> when using
> IE6.
Sorry, don't know why it doesn't work for you. It's worked for me as far
back as I can remember and I'm currently using IE6 in XP. It also works in
applications that have IE windows in them, such as Outlook and Outlook
Express.