Re: How to set default font size to small for a page's body?

David E. Ross wrote:
On 4/19/2008 12:46 PM, Bergamot wrote:
Don Li wrote:
c) provide a font size manipulation javascript function visibly, like
a (small), A (normal, A+ (large) ...
No, please. This is such a wasted effort. All browsers have this ability
built in. If you really think your users are so dumb they don't know how
to do this themselves, then teach them how to adjust their browser
settings. That's something they can use on other sites, not just yours.

I have yet to see one of the stupid custom font control things that even
came close to my preferred text size.


In general, use of a, A, A+ on a Web page gives really bad results for a
browser window that is less than full screen and with 800x600 resolution.

One of the capabilities of SeaMonkey and Firefox (both Mozilla browsers,
based on the Gecko rendering engine) is to add the PrefBar extension.
PrefBar allows the user to setup Font-, Font+, and Font= buttons on a
toolbar outside of the displayed Web page (among many other things); the
Font= button restores the original size in case the user forgets how
many times Font- or Font+ was selected.


So does pressing CTRL+ZERO.

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