OpenEuphoria

Re: Yay or Nay? Framed reference manual

• Posted by Mike777 <anon4321 at ?mail.c?m> May 06, 2008
• 690 views

Kat wrote:
> 
> Mike777 wrote:
> > 
> > Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
> > > 
> > > Mike777 wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > How big did you make the font?  Go bigger.  Bigger still. And then
> > > > bigger.
> > > > What do you get?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Wow, I had to go huge before it would start wrapping. I hope nobody ever
> > > reads
> > > web pages that large.
> > 
> > Uh, we do.
> > 
> > > <a
> > > href="http://jeremy.cowgar.com/snap/1210036625039796944.png">http://jeremy.cowgar.com/snap/1210036625039796944.png</a>
> > > 
> > > It's not because of the PRE tag, it's because of the long link w/no spaces
> > > in
> > > it: 
> > > 
> > > <a
> > > href="http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/guru.exu?refDoc=on&libDoc=on&otherDoc=on&keywords=euinc">http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/guru.exu?refDoc=on&libDoc=on&otherDoc=on&keywords=euinc</a>
> > 
> > Yes, I can understand how a link will preclude wrapping.  There seem to be
> > other
> > messages in this thread indicating that a long link will CAUSE wrapping.  I
> > can't "wrap" my head around that one.
> > 
> > Not that I feel the need to explain, but I frequently scroll a page very
> > large
> > (should I say very, very large?) and then ratchet back until the text is
> > just
> > visible on one line for a majority of the page.  It is the outliers that are
> > the problem.  If they wrap, great, I have learned to adjust.  If they don't
> > wrap, I must, MUST, ratchet back until the longest line is just visible and,
> > frankly, that just isn't big enough for me to relax in my recliner.  Oh,
> > wait!
> >  Was I supposed to admit that?
> > 
> > Mike
> 
> Well, i'm a bigger fool than i thought i was.

Aren't we all?

My point is and remains that accessibility is enough reason to traverse this
path.  Any one individual's infirmities (or lack thereof) do not create the need
(or alleviate it).

Mike