My CSS is not applying correctly :

[Hatticus]

the in built actinic.css attempts to do that by using relative font size ( e.g smaller, larger etc etc)

e.g.

.actxsmall{font-size:x-small;color:NETQUOTEVAR:FGCOLORCSS;}

in the same way attempts to do so by using table widths relative to screen size ( in percenatages) for "nearly" all of the tables in this table fest of a package

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/fonts....-relative-size

or the user could of course install fiorefox.. and just scroll their mouse wheel.. and that would override any attempts that designer made to force.

It's all a matter of choice really... I must admit that I use fixed pixel size... but up in the 14,16,18 bracket. But really, I should start doing everything so that it is "relative"

These forums are fixed font size.... in IE, go to VIEW>>Text>>Size and change there.. note that nothing changes. (Or hold control and roll mouse wheel). Yet if view same forums through FF, mouse wheel scroll overrrides forum apge defaults

[jont]

An on-going debate which depends on which side of the fence you sit ... fixed sizes for layout and relative sizes for accessability. It largely depends on your target audience ... if you are selling OAP accessories then you will probably need to allow them the ability to re-size the fonts in their browser (assuming they know how to do).

I personally specify fixed sizes but make sure they are readable across a variety of resolutions.

The sensible solution would be to eventually set a fixed size as the default stylesheet but then offer the user the ability to load another stylesheet with a larger font specified ... thereby retaining the layout for the majority but offering accessibilty to those that require it.