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* geckofixes.css harmful on linux
@ 2006-02-28 00:41  Tuukka Tolvanen <[email protected]>
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From: Tuukka Tolvanen @ 2006-02-28 00:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-www

Hello,

http://www.postgresql.org//layout/css/blue/geckofixes.css included from 
http://www.postgresql.org/layout/js/geckostyle.js included from e.g. 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype.html , says

     /* Gecko is broken with pre,tt,code sizes */

and then proceeds to break pre,tt,code sizes for me on Gecko (firefox, 
linux). That is, the fixed width text in documentation is 
disproportionately large unless the rules specified in that file are 
dropped (the editcss extension is practical for testing fwiw).

Konqueror calls itself "like Gecko" in its useragent so it's also hurt 
by geckofixes.css. Also, safari calls itself "like Gecko" iirc, but I 
don't have one to test with.

I tested on win98 and had someone test on winxp that geckofixes.css does 
appear to do the right thing on windows. I suggest sniffing for windows 
OS in geckostyle.js so that geckofixes.css is only applied to gecko on 
windows, where it's needed.

't.




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* Re: geckofixes.css harmful on linux
@ 2006-02-28 19:59  Tommy Gildseth <[email protected]>
  parent: Tuukka Tolvanen <[email protected]>
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From: Tommy Gildseth @ 2006-02-28 19:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tuukka Tolvanen <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www

Tuukka Tolvanen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org//layout/css/blue/geckofixes.css included from 
> http://www.postgresql.org/layout/js/geckostyle.js included from e.g. 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype.html , says
> 
>     /* Gecko is broken with pre,tt,code sizes */
> 
> and then proceeds to break pre,tt,code sizes for me on Gecko (firefox, 
> linux). That is, the fixed width text in documentation is 
> disproportionately large unless the rules specified in that file are 
> dropped (the editcss extension is practical for testing fwiw).
> 

It doesn't seem to have the same effect in my browser (Firefox 1.0.4 on 
Debian). It looks just fine, but if I use editcss to remove the style 
rules included from geckofixes.css, the text becomes *really* tiny.
Also tested in konqueror, and it looks fine there as well.

-- 
Tommy
http://design.twobarks.com/



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* Re: geckofixes.css harmful on linux
@ 2006-03-01 02:28  Tuukka Tolvanen <[email protected]>
  parent: Tommy Gildseth <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Tuukka Tolvanen @ 2006-03-01 02:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tommy Gildseth <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-www

Tommy Gildseth kirjoitti:
> Tuukka Tolvanen wrote:

>> http://www.postgresql.org//layout/css/blue/geckofixes.css included 
>> from http://www.postgresql.org/layout/js/geckostyle.js included from 
>> e.g. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype.html , says

>> linux). That is, the fixed width text in documentation is 
>> disproportionately large unless the rules specified in that file are 
>> dropped (the editcss extension is practical for testing fwiw).
> 
> It doesn't seem to have the same effect in my browser (Firefox 1.0.4 on 
> Debian). It looks just fine, but if I use editcss to remove the style 
> rules included from geckofixes.css, the text becomes *really* tiny.
> Also tested in konqueror, and it looks fine there as well.

Hm, that's too bad. Guess it's a matter of default monospace fonts 
having wildly different x-heights, then. Yeeeah, courier new does look 
tiny, about 3/4 the height of bitstream vera sans mono, and I guess 
those two are the common ones :(

comparison, with a few liveCDs so personal settings don't come into play:
- win98: fine in firefox & explorer
- knoppix: grossly oversized in konqueror, signifigantly in firefox
- ubuntu: badly oversized in konqueror, reasonable in firefox

*sigh*, *shrug*

't.




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