Re: user-defined formatting

["Dan Roberts" <droberts63 -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

actually, in certain circumstances, yes.
As a visually impaired reader, I might set my browser properties to my best
advantage (14pt Arial, yellow text, black background), which might not fit with
your aesthetics. With print/pdf I just have to take what you set, but with HTML,
I want it the way I need it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brierley, Sean <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com>

>> From: Sandy Harris [SMTP:sandy -at- storm -dot- ca]
>> I want things like page size, font choice,
>> etc.
>> to be under the control of the user, the application or the stylesheet. I
>> think
>> having the writer control those, beyond setting reasonable defaults, is a
>> serious
>> error.
>>
>But, why would you want this? Surely, in days of old,
>printed documentation prevented readers from having these controls. And, do
>you not format pages and choose fonts and create stylesheets to deliberately
>maximize readability? Does giving up control of these items serve to reduce
>your effectiveness and reduce the utility and readability of your document?
>
>for the majority, is
>it useful to give up these controls to the reader?



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