RE: For want of a better word

Hi Kai and all,

For info concerning the Consensus website, for now the domain name is down, but you can still access it through its fixed IP address:

http://129.13.169.61/

Best Regards,

Cedric 

-----Original Message-----
From: www-di-request@w3.org [mailto:www-di-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Kai Hendry
Sent: mardi 8 juin 2004 12:38
To: www-di@w3.org
Subject: For want of a better word


I have chosen the word "scale" to describe how content is proportionally
defined to be able to be device independent.

So if text is sized at 100% it should be very readable / legible default setting
on a desktop browser, as well as a XHTML micro browser on a mobile. Hence
it scales across devices...

Am I correct for using the word "scale"? It seems to be an overloaded
term. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=scale

It's often referred on the web to whether hardware or software can meet
large amounts of users.

Here I am asserting that it's the devices browsers responsibility to
resize the text accordingly, not the content authors:
http://natalian.org/archives/2004/06/07/can-text-scale/

W3 resources such as:
http://www.w3.org/TR/acdi/#diac-3.29
Certainly doesn't make it any clearer. :/



Kind regards,




p.s. Btw http://www.consensus-online.org/ is still not working ...

Received on Tuesday, 8 June 2004 07:42:46 UTC