CSS abuse
Jeff Kinz
jkinz at kinz.org
Mon Mar 31 15:45:43 CEST 2003
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 03:36:29PM +0200, Boris 'pi' Piwinger wrote:
> Jeff Kinz wrote:
> >> >I don't understand. How does keeping the text a constant width increase
> >> >readability?
> >> That is what centuries of typesetting showed. Long lines are
> >> very hard to read
> > Yes for books.... We are not using books here.
>
> Why do you believe it changes with the medium?
Because when the medium changed from paper to browser/HTML this issue
became one of usability, not readability.
I lose usability when I can't size the browser anyway I want it and have
the text re-arranged within that window.
When I have usability I also readability by setting the browser window
to a comfortable width when I want to be reading in an optimal fashion.
>
> > By using fixed text width you destroy the inherent flexibility
> > of the browser to be arranged in the fashion that meets the needs of the
> > READER, which is the whole point of using browsers and HTML in the first
> > place.
>
> CSS changed that long ago. But max-width is *not* fixed
> width, it is just what it says, an upper bound.
In both Mozilla and phoenix the width was fixed. It could not be made wider
or narrower. I don't know if that was what was intended, but that was the
result.
> > Since there is no way to turn off style sheets in Phoenix I can't turn off
> > the style either.
>
> Since Phoenix is a Mozilla clone, you can probably use user
> style sheets to set max-width to auto for body.
ummm - not yet - There is no handle for it yet. At least I'm not aware of it.
Its better to just not use a broken presentation style. That way
all the readers don't have to change the configuration of their browsers.
>
> pi
>
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