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On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Tony Lawrence wrote:

> 
> I dunno- is this something you've ever thought about or seen
> discussed?  I haven't, and it surprises me, because I know
> that most folks my age are going to have the same problem-
> but maybe everybody my age just runs 800x600 where it's not
> so bad, or maybe there just aren't that many of us on the
> web?  Comments?
> 

I get it all the time at work. The management says "That page looks great,
but can you make the text bigger?". So I make it bigger, and then our
design firm calls up and says "The page looks good, but why is the text so
damn big?"

I've set the text on those pages to 10pts, which is why it appears the
same when you switch resolutions (compared to the rest of the page). Based
on your feedback, I should probably change it. ;)

Oh, and we do know you mature types have trouble reading it. We don't want
you to know what we're saying about you. ;)

One of the features Netscape is missing that Internet Explorer has is the
ability to change the font sizes; IE can make everything bigger with
respect to the page you're viewing. It's very nice.

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