Re: cvs: php4 /ext/standard css.c
| From: | Colin Viebrock | Date: | Wed, 09 Oct 2002 04:05:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: cvs: php4 /ext/standard css.c | ||
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>> a) Fonts. Some people didn't like Arial, so I reverted to letter the
>> browser decide. Some people didn't like that, and they'd like the font
>> specifications back in.
>
> This will simply break output under some browser.
> It's more important to show info, but show a little nicely on some
> systems while printing garages on some systems.
But the "old" phpinfo() specified fonts, so are you saying it was broken
then too?
> If anyone prefer any specific font, they should use their own CSS.
But I bet 99% of the people will have versions of either Arial or
Verdana or Helvetica that *will* work. Why not make life easier for the
majority, since the 1% is going to have to specify their own font anyway?
>> I don't know what the solution to this is. My instinct is to ask "why
>> don't we just hardcode the pages to use US-ASCII, or ISO-8859-1?" Would
>> this not solve the charset issues?
>
> No.
>
> Why you bother?
>
> Letting browser decide is more feasible and most importantly,
> it works.
Okay ... so don't output the charset meta tag at all?
> If you are not certain how to make phpinfo() work under most
> environment, I can help.
If you can make it work under most environment *and* look good (i.e. as
much like it used to, sans-serif fonts and all), then great! CVS is a
wonderful thing. :)
- Colin