Re: containing floating img height within a div

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 21:25:45 -0800 (PST)
Steve Broski <stevebroski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in:
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On Feb 3, 7:02 pm, BootNic <bootnic.bou...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:15:33 -0800
Steve Broski <stevebro...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in:
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[snip]

[url]http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20020819.html[/url]

Another quote from that same source.

[quote]
Another example of harmful Web technology comes with the
increasing use of style sheets, which let web designers
specify the exact size of text down to the pixel.
Unfortunately, many designers are using this ability, leading
to reduced readability of an increasing number of websites.
[quote]

Don't think anyone's arguing to define font size in px.

Missing the point.

Marginalia of Web Design (Alertbox for November 1996):
[url]http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9611.html[/url]

[quote]
Another commonly seen mistake in text design is the use of
large or small font sizes as the body text of a page. Page
designers sometimes think that the default text in their
browser is wrong for the effect they want to achieve, and it
is certainly acceptable to make a small percentage of the
text on a given page large or small, as appropriate. It is
not recommended to change the font size of all the text on a
page since the user must be assumed to have set the default
font size in his or her browser to exactly the size that is
most comfortable for that user on his or her monitor. Any
other font size is thus by definition suboptimal for reading
body text.
[/quote]

So... are you saying he's contradicting himself?

Absolutely not. I would say that you are taking a small quote out
of context and out of time in an attempt to support your view.

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The 'usability guru' says designers can substantially knock
down font size (unless "targeting senior citizens"), zero large
scale sites agree with you... but you're screaming bloody
murder font-size: 100% is the *only* rational sizing for a
website. It's silly.

Who is the ‘usability guru’? Do you have a reference for the quote?

Google 'nielsen "usability guru"' and you'll get about 37,000
results. Which reference do you want?

“The 'usability guru' says designers can substantially knock down
font size (unless "targeting senior citizens")”

Just a quote for the above will suffice.


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BootNic Thu Feb 5, 2009 01:12 pm
Optimism and humor are the grease and glue of life. Without both of
them we would never have survived our captivity.
*Philip Butler, Vietnam POW*

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