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Jacob Palme wrote:
>
> (3) Why use size=-1
[ ... contorted reasoning about why SIZE=-1 is a good idea elided ... ]
The fact remains that when you wrap SIZE=-1 around the entire web
page, you render the page unreadable to me, because you are ignoring
the well-defined and proper meaning of SIZE=3.
> (h) Note that almost all major web pages, like
> Alta Vista, Microsoft, Apple, Netscape, Yahoo,
> etc. use "size=-1", often in combination with
> a non-serif font, when handling text which has
> a limited line length. Are all these web
> pages wrong?
Yes.
> Are they all made by people who
> do not understand how web standards work?
One can only assume so.
> How would you recommend them to format their
> web pages, and why?
SIZE=3 is the default size. Acknowlege, move on.
In fact, these people are not designing "web" pages. They are
designing "MSIE on Windows" pages. The two are completely different
things.
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