- From: Todd Fahrner <fahrner@pobox.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 15:03:40 -0700
- To: Jörg Hartmann <jhartmann@aquilacoop.de>
- Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q? "'H=E5kon_Wium_Lie'" ?= <howcome@opera.com>, <www-style@w3.org>
Jörg, as I opined in a private reply to your concerns earlier, I think the problems you describe would best be addressed in browser prefs UI, not by trying to make the initial value of font-size (medium) something other than the legacy HTML font size value of "3"; i.e., the value that obtains in the absence of any contrary direction. Users should no longer be asked to specify a single font size preference, but instead should specify the very smallest size they care ever to read at all. That size should map to xx-small, with the other sizes above it being generated if not set directly. Perhaps show a live preview of the entire keyword range, too, to communicate the reality that this is a system, not an isolated value. I happen to agree with you that it is hardly useful to have 3 steps below the most common or body size in documents. But then why not simply, as either an author or user (in user stylesheet) set the root size to "small" or even x-small, and go from there? -- todd fahrner
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