Re: Colours & sizes

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Emily Boyd <emily(at)tinysofa(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL WWW Mailing List <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Colours & sizes
Date: 2005-01-16 16:47:23
Message-ID: 200501161647.j0GGlNd05356@candle.pha.pa.us
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Emily Boyd wrote:
> Dave Page wrote:
> > OK, I hacked about the stylesheets a bit and came up with this
> > http://pgweb.pgadmin.org/
> >
> > Putting the font at 100% makes it even bigger than the current large
> > size, so I just tweaked it a bit...
>
> The font size doesn't need changing. Larger fonts look less professional
> and are actually *harder* to read for most people (note that 67% of
> survey respondents are happy with the current default).

That's a pretty big generalization. Are you saying 1% is easier to read
than 100%. I doubt that.

The fact is that PostgreSQL's web site has a smaller default font than
any other web site I normally visit.

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