Re: 'fmenu' - program launcher

From: <Derrell.Lipman.a.t.UnwiredUniverse.com>
Date: Mon Dec 31 2001 - 13:25:43 EST

mibus <mibus@telstra.com> writes:

> > IMHO we can specify restrictions, e.g. an icon has to be <= 50x50
> > pixels,a label not more than #num characters and so on. It cannot
> > be expected

> Not a bad idea, but the biggest problem I've seen yet is that some
> themes don't play so nice with it - I think it's the font size
> difference; If the individual launch pads (or whatever) where limited
> to 80x80 (well, probably less) then it might behave nicer. Or we can
> force the font size down maybe?

Don't neglect the "over 40" crowd. Tiny (or even "small") fonts may
not be easily readable by those over 40 years old (sometimes younger,
sometimes older) when presbyopia kicks in. I feel strongly that
disallowing at least medium-size fonts is a big mistake.

Derrell
(Recently needing glasses to read small print. Sigh.)

ps. From Webster.com...

        Main Entry: pres·by·o·pia
        Pronunciation: "prez-bE-'O-pE-&, "pres-
        Function: noun
        Etymology: New Latin
        Date: 1793
        : a visual condition which becomes apparent especially in
        middle age and in which loss of elasticity of the lens of the
        eye causes defective accommodation and inability to focus
        sharply for near vision
        - pres·by·o·pic /-'O-pik, -'ä-/ adjective or
        noun
Received on Mon Dec 31 10:25:45 2001

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