Thread: geckofixes.css harmful on linux
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.
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/
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.