Fontsize viewing problem on browser

[Guest]

On my site, http://www.motoruser.com, I have problem that when the viewer
changes the text size on their browser to larger than medium, it sends my
tables out of line, is there any way of preventing the text size from being
increased while viewing? I have noticed on some other sites that the text
cannot be increased.

 

[Thor Kottelin]

On my site, http://www.motoruser.com, I have problem that when the viewer
changes the text size on their browser to larger than medium, it sends my
tables out of line, is there any way of preventing the text size from being
increased while viewing?

I don't understand the way you're thinking. Do you really want the text to
be too small for your visitors to read (at least comfortably)?

Don't try to set fixed sizes for your tables. Allow them to scale
according to the browsing environment.

Preferably separate content from layout altogether. Presentation should be
suggested using CSS; tables are for tabular data.

Thor

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

If they are increasing the font size, it's because they need to do this to
use your site.

 

[fido]

If they are increasing the font size, it's because they need to do this to
use your site.

Indeed, the OP could try specifying a slightly larger font size, thus
avoiding the need for a minority of users to increase the font size on
their screens. Personally I don't have a problem reading any of the
text on that page, although I certaInly wouldn't want it any smaller.
I can imagine some users having a problem with the readability of the
navbar text.

As this is a site to do with motors, perhaps it is reasonable to
assume that the site's users are blessed with something like 20/20
vision. I find it slightly worrying to think that I am forced to share
the road with drivers who feel the need to increase on-screen font
sizes.

And yes, I know about the effect of different screen resolutions: I am
using 1280 x 1024 on a 19" monitor. That tends to produce pretty small
text.

fido

 

[Ronx]

As this is a site to do with motors, perhaps it is reasonable to

assume that the site's users are blessed with something like 20/20
vision

No, that is not a reasonable assumption. Long-sighted people have
perfect vision for motoring and distance viewing, but need optical
assistance for close work, like reading computer screens.

 

[fido]

No, that is not a reasonable assumption. Long-sighted people have
perfect vision for motoring and distance viewing, but need optical
assistance for close work, like reading computer screens.

Oh, really? I'm wearing these reading glasses and I always did wonder
what they were for. Is it not reasonable to assume that other
long-sighted people have discovered the secret of reading glasses too?

fido

 

[Kathleen Anderson [MVP - FrontPage]]

And there are other people with low vision that can't be corrected with
glasses - Macular Degeneration, for example.

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