IE on Vista

[jennyflower]

I have a website which when viewed on vista with the DPI set at more than 96DPI the site looks screwed up. Is there any way of detecting this from javascript or some other method and doing something about it?

 

[Foamcow]

I'm not sure if you can, but it is possible I guess.

May I suggest going back to first priniciples of contemporary web design though and rethink how the site is built? There is something about the site that is causing a problem. Better to fix that than apply a patch and wait until the next browser is released and rinse/repeat.

Do you have a URL where we can see the page in question?

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[jennyflower]

its

http://www.orderwise.co.uk.

Ive designed it so it works fine in firefox and ie6/7 for xp but vista has a slightly different release of ie7 and you can change the DPI so the font appears larger for that user which screws up the menu system. Its done in javascript so I thought there may be a way of scripting something to help.

 

[Foamcow]

FYI you can change the font size in many browsers so this isn't going to be an issue just in Vista with 96dpi fonts.

IE6 under XP can be set to use 96dpi fonts too for that matter.



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[jennyflower]

I suppose but then people have deliberately gone out of their way to not have the website style sheet fonts. So i guess people must change them for specific reasons like poor eyesite or colour differentiation. If someone is going to do that then there isn't really anything I do about it is there?

 

[Foamcow]

There is a whole heap you can do about it and should do about it.

It's possible to change font size in any modern browser with just a simple click or keypress.
I often do this as I work on large monitors and when visiting sites with small text I blow it up a bit to make it easier to read. I have certainly not gone out of my way to make your life difficult


Build a site from the user's perspective. It's not a matter of them removing the stylesheet fonts and more a case of them wanting to set their computer up in a way that suits them and could be argued that you make their life difficult by not accomodating a degree of flexibility in your design/layout/code.

Ultimately the display of any web page is controlled by the visitor and not the creator.

When I have a little more time I'll take a closer look at your code and see if I can come up with a quick fix for you. Apologies for the lack of helpful suggestions right now!


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