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could anybody please advise me as to what the default settings are in Netscape for the variable and fixed width fonts, in pixels, in the Preferences->Appearance->Fonts dialogue?
And what are the default settings for IE?
When scaling the text size in the browser, Netscape has options such as 50%,75%,90%,100$,120% etc, whereas as Internet Explorer has Smallest, smaller, medium etc...
Is "medium" the default for IE, and 100% for Netscape?
I need to know whether my setting of body font-size:90% (using CSS), is appropriate, or how else to specify appropriate font sizes, because I can't tell what other people see on their screens without knowing what the defaults should be!
thanks,
Michael
Is "medium" the default for IE, and 100% for Netscape?
yes, that's right.
for your fonts dialog question on netscape 2.01 it was a 12pt times and a 10pt courier font per default. i think they never changed it.
on ie there is no way to select the size, i think it's 12 pt both of them.
if you wan't to standarize both of them, just use pt in css, like:
font-size: 10pt
A point size is defined as a 72nd of an inch, so a 12pt font size is equal to 0.1666inches. With a screen at 96 pixels per inch, 16 pixels come out at 0.1666inches, so I'm assuming 16 pixels, which is what I have set, has always been the default for Netscape 6 & 7?
Incidentally, I notice in Internet Explorer the Text Size options are pretty limited. The "largest" zoom is less than 200%. Doesn't that it make it difficult for visually impaired people to use IE? In Netscape you can set the Text Zoom to anything you like. I couldn't see anyway in IE to set text zooms other than "smallest"->"largest".
thanks,
Michael
