Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Yahoo! respect Kathy's eyes ;)

date posted 11th September 2002 16:42

> Or their default font - it enables you to choose how *you* want to see it
> rather than forcing a style onto you. Damn good idea for an information
> site. Not a good idea for people who change their background colours and
> fonts just to check that defaults are set.
>
Not so, anyone who wants to over ride the website settings can do (as long
as you don't set px font sizes for IE users) but setting a default style for
non specially configured browsers is a good thing for conveying information,
as it gives much better control over the layout, and hence useability.
Martin is right, setting a default does not make it mandatory or compulsory
to use, but provides a suitable mean for the average user.

Paul.