On 2012-12-05 18:02 (GMT-0500) Ryan composed:
What do you mean exactly by " the philosophy of the styling" ? If you
Is there a statement of purpose for the site, or any guidelines on achieving
desired ends? Do accessibility, usability or friendliness matter? I haven't
looked, as the absence of the latter strongly discourages my use of the site.
chicken < > egg
are implying that the current design was specifically created and
implemented to be "rude",
I wasn't.
this is not the case. Sure, the font sizes and
colours may need to be tweaked to improve legibility and readability,
but there is *not* a premeditated philosophy that was injected into the
current designs exist just to annoy or alienate a subset of users.
Maybe the results aren't the result of action or inaction specifically for
such a purpose, but the results nevertheless are what they are.
In the updated version of the "Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design" by Jakub
Neilen [1], (not the nearly 8 year old 2005 version referenced earlier),
his main recommendation for font size is to allow the user to resize the
text. To the best of my knowledge, all fedora websites work well when
zooming text (Control + "+" in most web browsers).
It's not clear to me whether you think the elder
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
or the newer
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html
or another I may be forgetting may be the more important. What I see from
Nielsen's pages are only incidental consequences from projects he's been paid
for. That age might suggest any particular subject revisit might be desirable
doesn't invalidate the content purely due to its age. I suggest #1 on the
latter URL is probably now more appropriate than ever after 7 more years of
average display density increases.
It pretty much goes without saying that text should be _re_-sizable. In only
one antique and very broken very old web browser falling deep into disuse is
text not always re-sizable. Every modern browser provides one or more methods
of re-sizing text, just as all provide some means of personalizing the
initial (default) size of unstyled text, the latter of which constitutes
resizing in advance. No CSS can prevent it.
The problem is re-sizing itself and what it actually means. I already
"re"-sized my browser's default when I changed it from its shipped size to
the size I prefer. Why should any web site overrule the decision I made,
inducing me to react by _re_-sizing yet again? The reaction is a defensive
action. Defensive actions are unnecessary in the absence of offensive
actions. The offense here WRT text is CSS that imputes one of two things to
the visitor, either:
1-You've made a bad decision in selecting your default size. We shall correct
your mistake.
or
2-We care none what your default size selection is. It shall instead be as we
determine.
Items A, B, & C at the beginning of http://fm.no-ip.com/Auth/rudeweb.html
show methods that correspond to #1, while its D corresponds to #2. Rude
becomes apt descriptor from offensive styling causing defensive reactions
typically referred to as text "re"-sizing.
Personally, while I do not consider most of the web as "rude", there are
web services that I use that are not to my personal preferences. In
these cases, I use the tools available in modern web browsers (such as
"Stylish" for user-defined stylesheets) to change them to my liking.
Again, such are defensive actions induced by offensive conditions. Better
that you wouldn't need to appropriate your time for Stylish or other tools in
reaction to unlikable conditions.
Maybe -- with your contributions -- we could make our little bit of the
web a little less "rude" in your eyes.
Each of us has our own strengths, weaknesses and committable resource pools,
and have to decide where they are best put to use. Getting into the trenches
of CSS coding of a major site with no apparent policy on the subject is not a
best use for mine for the foreseeable future. What I'm doing here is a
byproduct of better allocations elsewhere. My hope is to induce a leadership
role in friendlier and thus better web styling practices.
--
"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant
words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)
Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks!
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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