Not logged in. · Lost password · Register
Forum: Community › Help and General Chat RSS
Poll: What do you think of the new forum?

Announcement

11-16-2005, 13:33 by halr9000
Subject: Psi Groupchat (new address)
Join us at the Psi Groupchat (MUC)! Room name: psi@conference.psi-im.org
Page: ‹ previous  1  2  3  4  next ›
Avatar
mjg 11-14-2005, 06:50 #31
Member since 08/2003 · 119 posts
Group memberships: Members
Show profile · Link to this post
I like the style but everything is f---ng gigantic in here. Had to go down five steps in font size to not being hit in the nose by the name of people. It feels like I can only fit in two single letters at the same time on the screen. What kind of monster screen do you guys have?
Avatar
machekku 11-14-2005, 06:53 #32
User title: Crazy guy from Poland
Member since 07/2004 · 869 posts · Location: Poland
Group memberships: Developers, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
1152x864 @ 17''
Maciek "Machekku" Niedzielski
Psi developer
[Image: http://machekku.uaznia.net/jabber/jobble/map/jmpixel1.png]
Avatar
halr9000 (Administrator) 11-14-2005, 08:05 #33
User title: I work here
Member since 11/2002 · 2314 posts · Location: Atlanta
Group memberships: Administrators, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Quote by machekku:
1152x864 @ 17''
Me too, but I never run my screen maximized, so let's say 900x800.  Is it something that decreasing the font size "fixes" for you, or are there other things you feel get in the way?
Hal Rottenberg
Webmaster, Evangelist, Co-conspirator to the Revolution
Avatar
LonelyPixel 11-14-2005, 08:05 #34
User title: UNB developer
Member since 03/2004 · 740 posts · Location: Eckental, Germany
Group memberships: Members
Show profile · Link to this post
1280x1024 @ 17" TFT. Browser size 1024x768 (default for best web experience).
The font size in this forum is all as intended (by me :D). I've seen many web pages go down to 8pt (11px) size, which seems to be Windows' default. But it's a bit small on a 17" TFT so I decided to preset a size of 10pt (13px) which seems to be Word's and more like OSX default size. It's prefectly readable for me. The small text is at 8pt again.
Yves Goergen
Unclassified NewsBoard Forum - JabberPowered and extremely cool in general [Image: http://newsboard.unclassified.de/unb_lib/designs/_smile/unb/grin.png]
Avatar
cliff_dugal 11-14-2005, 12:03 #35
User title: Mandriva Packager
Member since 01/2004 · 220 posts · Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Group memberships: Members
Show profile · Link to this post
1280×960 on a 19" for me
Avatar
halr9000 (Administrator) 11-14-2005, 13:53 #36
User title: I work here
Member since 11/2002 · 2314 posts · Location: Atlanta
Group memberships: Administrators, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Your esteemed webmaster has poor vision, so you won't see him using 8pt fonts anywhere for "body text".
Hal Rottenberg
Webmaster, Evangelist, Co-conspirator to the Revolution
MRAY 11-14-2005, 16:32 #37
Member since 12/2002 · 467 posts · Location: Germany - Freiburg
Group memberships: Members
Show profile · Link to this post
1280x1024 @ 19" TFT,
maximising applications.
Avatar
halr9000 (Administrator) 11-14-2005, 16:42 #38
User title: I work here
Member since 11/2002 · 2314 posts · Location: Atlanta
Group memberships: Administrators, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Quote by MRAY:
1280x1024 @ 19" TFT,
maximising applications.

I tried 1280 @ 21" CRT, I really tried to make it work.  Text and widgets were just too small for my poor eyes.  :(
Hal Rottenberg
Webmaster, Evangelist, Co-conspirator to the Revolution
MRAY 11-14-2005, 16:54 #39
Member since 12/2002 · 467 posts · Location: Germany - Freiburg
Group memberships: Members
Show profile · Link to this post
you can make them bigger throughout the OS easily - but not within webpages :(
html sucks
Avatar
Kev (Administrator) 11-14-2005, 16:56 #40
User title: Project Lead
Member since 11/2002 · 3063 posts · Location: Exeter, UK
Group memberships: Administrators, Developers, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
That's not true at all, web browsers are quite capable of resizing the fonts.
Psi Project Leader.
Homepage, including development blog
Avatar
halr9000 (Administrator) 11-14-2005, 16:59 #41
User title: I work here
Member since 11/2002 · 2314 posts · Location: Atlanta
Group memberships: Administrators, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
I know this.  You can even change the base font size at the OS level such that 8pt on your screen is 10 or 12 on mine.  It just didn't work out, not sure why.  Might be the OS widgets not scaling or something, I don't recall now.

I occasionally do zoom in one step in Firefox.  Not often, but sometimes there's some poorly styled <pre> or <code> out there.
Hal Rottenberg
Webmaster, Evangelist, Co-conspirator to the Revolution
Avatar
machekku 11-14-2005, 17:54 #42
User title: Crazy guy from Poland
Member since 07/2004 · 869 posts · Location: Poland
Group memberships: Developers, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Sizing web fonts via OS settings works well if you use "em" for font sizes, not "pt". Points are for printing, not for displaying.
Maciek "Machekku" Niedzielski
Psi developer
[Image: http://machekku.uaznia.net/jabber/jobble/map/jmpixel1.png]
Avatar
halr9000 (Administrator) 11-14-2005, 19:45 #43
User title: I work here
Member since 11/2002 · 2314 posts · Location: Atlanta
Group memberships: Administrators, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Quit nitpicking me.  I know that too!!!  :)
Hal Rottenberg
Webmaster, Evangelist, Co-conspirator to the Revolution
MRAY 11-15-2005, 11:02 #44
Member since 12/2002 · 467 posts · Location: Germany - Freiburg
Group memberships: Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Quote by Kev:
That's not true at all, web browsers are quite capable of resizing the fonts.

Websites do not have to consist only of text ;)
Avatar
Kev (Administrator) 11-15-2005, 11:05 #45
User title: Project Lead
Member since 11/2002 · 3063 posts · Location: Exeter, UK
Group memberships: Administrators, Developers, Members
Show profile · Link to this post
Indeed, but there's nothing to stop someone providing multiple CSSs for different sizes, with different graphics. HTML really doesn't suck that much, it's just that people tend to abuse it for layout instead of content.
Psi Project Leader.
Homepage, including development blog
Close Smaller – Larger + Reply to this post:
Smilies: :mellow: :huh: ^_^ :o ;) :P :D :lol: B) :rolleyes: -_- <_< :) :wub: :angry: :( :unsure: :wacko: :blink: :ph34r:
Special characters:
Page: ‹ previous  1  2  3  4  next ›

Go to forum
Unclassified NewsBoard devel of 20051113 © 2003-5 by Yves Goergen
Current time: 01-06-2009, 02:45:59 (UTC -05:00)