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RE: Relative vs. absolute units

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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Jan 3, 2003 3:34PM

Jules,

Your reading is both correct and reasonable.

However, remember that with the latest versions of popular browsers, they
also support relative sizing for images. See:
http://www.bytowninternet.com/examples/relative.html for examples of what I
mean.

While most images, when subjected to this treatment, may lose a fair bit of
quality, it is an important consideration when developing graphics such as
buttons or "clickable" icons. In these instances, making the image scale
with the text may aid in accessibility, despite the degradation of image
quality.

Food for thought.

JF




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