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Honest question: why do people increase the font size instead of just changing the default zoom level? I feel that the latter creates a more consistent experie
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
Honest question: why do people increase the font size instead of just changing the default zoom level?
I feel that the latter creates a more consistent experience.
- croes 4y agoMaybe because they just want bigger text and not a bigger site.
- nailer 4y agoBecause old web browsers didn't let people zoom properly. I think IE7 was one of the first.
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoYeah, and that maybe makes sense in 2012, but not in 2022.
- lmm 4y agoMaybe I want to keep seeing images at 1:1. Maybe the font sizes are bad. I remember the days when the user was supposed to be in control of how websites were styled.
- ehutch79 4y agoDepending on your vision, you might be able to see a button is a button, but the font is just too small by a few pts. You don't need borders or whatever zoomed, just the font size bumped a bit.
- layer8 4y agoBecause they don’t want the layout to get bigger, but just the text size within the existing layout.
- SebastianKra 4y agoBut then the articles recommendation doesn't make sense, because using rem for everything would also scale the layout. I'd guess that you should always use pixels except for /(max-)?(width|height)/, because these are the only properties that may make assumptions about the size the content.