[fedora-websites] #246: fedora.css sets a universal scaling factor of 76%, which is much too small
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#246: fedora.css sets a universal scaling factor of 76%, which is much too small
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Reporter: adamwill | Owner: webmaster
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: General | Keywords: css font size
Blocked By: | Blocking:
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fedora.css, which all Fedora websites are encouraged to use, has this
right at the top:
body
{
font-size: 76%;
background: #FFFFFF url(../images/border-left.png) 0 0 repeat-y;
}
It's been there for years, since before the stuff was imported to git, so
its history may be obscure at this point, but Googling around, it looks
like 76% was considered a 'rule' by some so-called authorities at some
point. http://www.sitepoint.com/css-font-sizing-tutorial/ has mention of
it in the comments, http://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=17583 has some
chatter about it, http://www.baekdal.com/insights/new-minimum-font-size is
from 2005 and cites 76% as the new *minimum* recommended font size, etc.
I think it's pretty unarguably too small for the modern day, though.
Taking the standard 'base size' for browsers - 16px - and using the 96dpi
convention, text at '76%' is 12.16px in size, which is equivalent to 9pt.
How many people do you know who have their desktops set to a 9pt font on a
modern system? Particularly a modern *laptop*. Reading text on Fedora
sites on most systems without zooming or overriding the CSS or setting a
large minimum px size in your browser (which is undesirable for other
reasons) is a pretty tiring experience even for me, and I still have
effectively perfect eyesight for reading text; it must be more or less
impossible for anyone with somewhat less than perfect eyesight.
Yes, this is the thing Felix Miata is always banging on about, but you
know what? Now I spent a day actually looking into this stuff, he's
absolutely damn right. Sorry, Felix. I hope this post was calm and
reasonable enough and brought enough numbers. :)
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Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-websites/ticket/246>
fedora-websites <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites>
Fedora Website Team's Trac instance
9 years, 6 months
VNstat or similar ?
by Szegő Miklós
Hi, here is Mike from Hungary, I need your help
We are looking something similar to VNstat. A tool
which could measure the hourly connections, and could
ban new connections over a limited quota.
Description:
Each of our Clients will be able to stream, inserting they own
rtmp adress with FIXED IP and own ID like this
rtmp://87.229.98.219/domain/session_33 /own ID is here 33/
into his Flash live encoder to begin the livestream anytime he likes.
We are searching a method, which measures each separate
Client's hourly connections by his viewers on the site where
the app will be used.
The Clients would choose between 3 plans, according to their
website's traffic:
a./ up to 300 viewers/hour
b./ up to 600 viewers/hour
c./ up to 1600 viewers/hour
As input we will know: which ID to which plan belongs.
The goal is to count and restrict the visitor's access to
stream if the number of connected viewers arrives
to the stated maximum / 300, 600 respectively 1600 /per hour.
The Wowza has NOT to be stopped, only the visitor above the
given allowed quota. As the live show could be not only one
but any hour long, stepping into the second, third...hour
the counting of visitor should start again from zero until
reaching the quote.
They could be multiple /concurrent/ live shows within the same
timeframe /but naturally belonging to different rtmp addresses by ID-s/.
Have you got any idea to solve this question ?
Best regards, thanks: Mike
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/miklos-szego/7/b50/522
10 years, 1 month
RE: fedorapeople openstack account has repo with a parked "theforeman.org" domain. compromised?
by Bob Faulk
It looks like our websense filter was giving a false alarm, as theforreman.org looks to be legit when I access it through my phone. Sorry for the inconvenience!!
Bob
From: Bob Faulk
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 11:23 AM
To: 'webmaster(a)fedoraproject.org'
Subject: fedorapeople openstack account has repo with a parked "theforeman.org" domain. compromised?
Hello,
The openstack file:
http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/openstack-havana/rdo-releas...
may be compromised, as it includes a repo on an apparently-parked website "theforeman.org".
Regards,
Bob Faulk
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10 years, 1 month
Self-introduction email
by Eugene Medentsii
Hi Friends!
My name is Eugene, i using Fedora and want to say "Thank You!" to Fedora
community,so i would like to make my contribution.
My work position is Automation QA, so i have some experience with Web
Technologies.I using Python and WebDriver for my work tasks and also work
work with Django as hobby.
I'm ready to improve my Python skill for other tasks and also I've started
learn TurboGears and would like to use is it as part of Websites project.
If have any question or advices please write to me.
Thank you!
Best Regards,
emedentsii
10 years, 1 month
Ideas for the Summer of Code 2014
by John Racoon
Hi there :D
I have much better idea for that, why always that root bs and all that???
you can root any boX :D
look listen now!!!
you know that movie with the Nikola Tesla??? prolly you do if NOT then look
it!!!
like he would do melt the iron bar with alternating current to show the
POWA to the American's :D
I also know how to do that and you will write code for machine that will do
that for you :D
you can that show that on the "Summer of Code 2014" there or in the Lab :D
what you need are Volts and you add a little bit of Ampers inside the
copper wire :D
works like any welding machine! then you can melt any metal like iron...or
steel
yea it will FUCKING FRY the metal like eggs :D
BUT ofc the you need REAL electrician there AS WELL it can kill you IN less
than SECOND!!!
Isulation and all that must be done properlly there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bY3
:D :D :D
10 years, 1 month