Reindl Harald composed on 2014-12-11 11:44 (UTC+0100): > Felix Miata composed: >> [ re: https://getfedora.org/ ] >> Reindl Harald composed on 2014-12-11 01:06 (UTC+0100): >>> Felix Miata composed: >>>> Actions speak louder than words. The need to zoom 3X-6X to reach legible a >>>> legible state belies "polished, easy to use". >>> no need to zoom anything and as said my eyes are really not good >> Your image hasn't presented anything useful, because you offered insufficient >> context to know what it is that you see when you look at what you captured. >> All we know is "my eyes are not really good", whatever that means. > i explained what that means, a cornea implanted from a previously died > person on both eyes as well as a new lense and finally able to see only > 60-70% or a normal human on the left and 90% on the right eye > that means two different pictures composed by the brain to one and so > you can imagine that typically if i can read things without problems > they are just fine So far, you have only explained your visual condition, nothing about what is presented to your eyes. >> We have no idea what your screen size is, what your resolution is, >> or what the distance between eyes and screen is. IOW, the physical >> size presented to you is utterly absent. > 1920x1080, 23", 96dpi and the font-size of that page is similar to 98% > of websites i face and we create Therein lie multiple problems. A 23" 1920x1080 screen is indeed 95.8 DPI. Xorg, unless overridden, same as Windows and Mac, presumes a 96 DPI screen. By default, all popular Linux DEs obey the Xorg configured DPI. In all such environments, the 13px CSS "size" used for the items in the footer columns does in fact compute to a physical size of 9.75pt. Problem 1: For today's Internet, where yesteryear's CRTs are mostly memories, and laptops and smaller internet access devices abound, selling in far larger numbers than "desktop" computers, 96DPI is a low density screen. Low density means objects of any given nominal "size" are rendered large in comparison to screens of medium or high density. What is adequate in size on a low density screen morphs into inadequacy as actual screen density increases. Without the user environment applying any compensation, that 13px/9.75pt text on a 96DPI screen becomes 13px/7.8pt on a 120DPI screen, 13px/6.5pt on a 144DPI screen, 13px/5.2pt on a 180DPI screen, and so forth. So clearly from a usability perspective, since it exhibits zero adaptation to the user environment, the px unit makes a poor choice for sizing web objects that need to be legible. Problem 2: Just because everybody else does something does not justify everyone else doing the same. Copying what everybody else does only makes more of the same, not wisdom. Computers are tools with the capability to do things automatically, to make things easier. Sizing web content in CSS px units impedes a computer's ability to do that. Better sizing options exist and are therefore recommended.[1] Problem 3: Sizing using px units completely disregards user needs and preferences. Users' browser defaults are presumptively optimal. Users who find the as shipped defaults inappropriate are free to adjust them. One word describing that process is called personalizing. Disregarding what users find optimal is rude, and for the same reason as problem 2 above, just as unnecessary. >- you should really ask yourself to consult a doctor and check your eyes WRT viewing a computer display, there is nothing wrong with my eyes that prescription lenses don't correct. The problem is with web designs that override user settings, either by disregarding them entirely (sizing in px), or assuming them inappropriate (base sizing to other than browser default, e.g. body {font-size: 80%} or p {font-size: .8rem}). 100% is the presumptively optimal base size for everyone. It's personalizable precisely so those who don't like the size it was shipped with can optimize it, thus allowing the computer to automatically compute, making everything nice size automatically. > and that is by far meant insulting (see above paragraph!) You have me totally lost by that comment. [1] e.g. http://www.w3.org/2003/07/30-font-size http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140916/C28 -- "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/ -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
