Comments on: The Browsing Experience http://noprerequisite.com/archives/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/ v 5.0 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jason http://noprerequisite.com/archives/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-188 Jason Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:19:27 +0000 http://noprerequisite.com/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-188 Why not just use the user's settings? Well, in my experience most people <em>haven't</em> set the size they want, they just keep the default. Second, when I change <em>my</em> preferred font-size to make my site look the way I want, other sites suddenly have text that is too small (because they do the same thing I'm doing currently.) In the end this is <strong>my</strong> site, so <strong>I</strong> want to enjoy it. I know, that means I'm kind of giving in, but I too do not want to change font sizes when I look at sites other than my own. I'm thinking about having two style-sheets, one with specified font-sizes and one that uses user settings. Why not just use the user’s settings? Well, in my experience most people haven’t set the size they want, they just keep the default. Second, when I change my preferred font-size to make my site look the way I want, other sites suddenly have text that is too small (because they do the same thing I’m doing currently.) In the end this is my site, so I want to enjoy it. I know, that means I’m kind of giving in, but I too do not want to change font sizes when I look at sites other than my own.

I’m thinking about having two style-sheets, one with specified font-sizes and one that uses user settings.

]]> By: hemebond http://noprerequisite.com/archives/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-187 hemebond Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:04:00 +0000 http://noprerequisite.com/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-187 "In the meantime I’ll make things a little larger so you don’t have to squint." Thankyou. As for checking font-sizes, why do you not just use the users settings? They've already specified what size they want, why change it based on your settings, your monitor and your eye-sight? “In the meantime I’ll make things a little larger so you don’t have to squint.”

Thankyou. As for checking font-sizes, why do you not just use the users settings? They’ve already specified what size they want, why change it based on your settings, your monitor and your eye-sight?

]]> By: Jason http://noprerequisite.com/archives/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-186 Jason Wed, 14 Jul 2004 02:11:00 +0000 http://noprerequisite.com/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-186 Yes, they are seeking information, but they do so knowing that the presentation of that information has been shaped by someone other than themselves. To go back to the DVD analogy, when I rent a DVD I'm seeking entertainment, but in doing so I'm implicity inviting the director into my TV. Just as I may not rent a DVD with artistic techniques in mind, a visitor might not have a site's design in mind when they follow a link, but he or she is still asking to be shown what's on the other side of the link. As I said, that doesn't mean designers should do things just because they <strong>can</strong>. As for the font-size, I like a smaller size. This redesign is relatively young, so I'll look into how things look with different default font-sizes and make adjustments as needed. In the meantime I'll make things a little larger so you don't have to squint. :) Yes, they are seeking information, but they do so knowing that the presentation of that information has been shaped by someone other than themselves. To go back to the DVD analogy, when I rent a DVD I’m seeking entertainment, but in doing so I’m implicity inviting the director into my TV. Just as I may not rent a DVD with artistic techniques in mind, a visitor might not have a site’s design in mind when they follow a link, but he or she is still asking to be shown what’s on the other side of the link. As I said, that doesn’t mean designers should do things just because they can.

As for the font-size, I like a smaller size. This redesign is relatively young, so I’ll look into how things look with different default font-sizes and make adjustments as needed. In the meantime I’ll make things a little larger so you don’t have to squint. :)

]]> By: hemebond http://noprerequisite.com/archives/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-185 hemebond Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:07:56 +0000 http://noprerequisite.com/2004/07/13/the-browsing-experience/#comment-185 "After all, when a user decides to point their browser at any given site, they are inviting the designer of that site into their browser." No, they're not. They're seeking information. That little thing the internet was built on and grew because of. And for crying out loud, if I specify 13px as my default font-size, why is all your site text half that size at most?! “After all, when a user decides to point their browser at any given site, they are inviting the designer of that site into their browser.”

No, they’re not. They’re seeking information. That little thing the internet was built on and grew because of.

And for crying out loud, if I specify 13px as my default font-size, why is all your site text half that size at most?!

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