Re: Text overlow in Iceweasel
On 05 Oct 2010, John Hasler wrote:
> Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm not sure if it is a design fault in the sites or a bug in Firefox.
>
> It is a design fault, and a common one. I see the problem when I visit
> the site with my default font size set to 18. It goes away when I set
> it to 12 (I use Iceweasel). It's a consequence of the designers
> assuming that everyone is 26 years old and has 20-20 vision and a
> high-resolution display. Shame them by pointing out that they've made
> their site unusable by people with poor eyesight.
>
> BTW "Since its creation in 1966"?
> --
> John Hasler
Interesting. I can make that site work too, setting the default to 12.
But on another site (www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk) I can't stop the
text in the left column encroaching on the central area, no matter what
I set the font size to.
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