Oh the new forum, it's damn small !!!

PDF · #1 August 23rd, 2004, 04:49 AM

Well, I was used to the old one and maybe I need some time to adjust, but the new forum font is really small and unreadable ...
And the IE options about font siez just don't work here [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] !!

archaeolept · #2 August 23rd, 2004, 05:04 AM

i can't read this forum in IE. I'm using firefox instead.

jarenko · #3 August 23rd, 2004, 05:09 AM

I am using firefox too! It's a wonderful browser.

Regen · #4 August 23rd, 2004, 06:12 AM

All right gramps its time for some new glasses.

Arryn · #5 August 23rd, 2004, 06:54 AM

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PDF said:
Well, I was used to the old one and maybe I need some time to adjust, but the new forum font is really small and unreadable ...

Go to the Forum feature "My Home", click on the Edit button for "Display preferences" (the middle one), then select "Shrapnel Large" (which is what I use) or "Shrapnel Huge" for the style sheet.

PDF · #6 August 23rd, 2004, 09:05 AM

Thanks Arryn for the tip ! But even "Huge" ain't that huge ... and that on a 21" monitor !!!!

Esben Mose Hansen · #7 August 24th, 2004, 12:59 PM

This is because the web designers in question think that specifying font sizes in pixels is the way to go, when in fact it is just about the worst possible thing to do. I've all but stopped reading these forums because of this --- even with huge fonts, the text is barely readable. Why can't people just leave the damn fontsize alone? Is it so hard?

font-size is for people who know what they are doing. If you're using font-size: xxpx, without trying to align something to an image (which is a daft thing to do in any case) you're not qualified to use that attribute.�

archaeolept · #8 August 24th, 2004, 01:25 PM

seriously, the increasing of text size in Firefox works perfectly. I'm not sure what browser you're using Esben, but i can make the text as large as desired, or larger.

its not a perfect solution, but certainly better than the crazy default size.

Richard · #9 August 24th, 2004, 01:48 PM

Actually the decision was made based on the majority of user response on the font issue. No matter what way we went someone was going to be unhappy. We may setup on larger set for those with extremely large monitors. One thing to keep in mind is that even IE has ways to bypass stylesheets so that you can set this they way you want.

Again we cant please everyone with the choices we made with the font issue, but by and large we have heard much more positive responses than negative ones.

guybrush threepwood · #10 August 24th, 2004, 02:03 PM

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Richard said:
Actually the decision was made based on the majority of user response on the font issue. No matter what way we went someone was going to be unhappy. We may setup on larger set for those with extremely large monitors. One thing to keep in mind is that even IE has ways to bypass stylesheets so that you can set this they way you want.

Again we cant please everyone with the choices we made with the font issue, but by and large we have heard much more positive responses than negative ones.

I think you maybe missed Esbens point. Certainly for the majority of people like me who surf in something like 1024x768 on a laptop the new forum size is much better, but that is because by using pixels to specify font size rather than, say using css relative sizes (100%, 150%, etc.), you are hardcoding for specific screensizes. By using relative sizes (including 100% which means leaving it alone), you could actually please everyone.

Cheers,
Thomas