Re: Text Size

G'day

>  The problem is, Netscape 6 users are so few and far between that primary
> testing is being done with an almost non existant browser.

Agreed.  Perhaps because it's so radically different from the dinosaur.

>  I have been watching the browser use very closely at our sites and there
> are still 10 times the people using netscape 4.x than there are Netscape
> 6.x/Mozilla users.  I wish they would move up so I could modernize and
clean
> up the code from transitional HTML 4.0 to XHTML 1.0 strict.

Why wait?  If we, as designers, keep writing old, invalid code with lots of
kludges to try and please a minority that use an old browser (whether by
personal choice or otherwise), why would they even consider upgrading?  If
all movies were in black&white and without sound, why would one bother
getting a Colo(u)r TV with stereo sound?

It is possible to write a perfectly valid XHTML document that will display
in Netscape 3/4 and IE3/4.  It just won't LOOK the same as it does in MSIE5+
and Mozilla5/Netscape 6. Opera is a different story alltogether.

> I test using Opera, Netscape 6.1 and 4.6 which is frustrating because what
> works for one often does not for the other.

Depends what you call "works".   If a site's text displays and the links
work (in Netscape 4), which it should do in theory, when writing valid
(X)HTML, the site works. As long as it does not rely on JavaScript for
necessary functionality, it will work in Opera as well.  If presentation is
more important than the text, you may have a problem.

My 2 cents worth
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Bert Doorn, Web Developer
CIW Associate, IWA Member
www.betterwebdesign.com.au
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