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by p_l 827 days ago
My personal experience is that the default is usually wrong, especially when I move between different displays. I end manually zooming in/zooming out a lot.

Meanwhile using the default size + CSS keyword size modifiers (large/x-large etc.) ended up on breaking on the project I mentioned, especially after for all practical purposes we had to deal with the fact that claims of single display size & resolution to target weren't actually delivered, and when client also asked about possibly opening the interface from portable devices.
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account42 827 days ago
> My personal experience is that the default is usually wrong, especially when I move between different displays. I end manually zooming in/zooming out a lot.

Then fix your setup. Campaing for better browser defaults. Do whatever it takes, but don't add hacks with hardcoded (=faulty) assumptions to your websites.

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persnickety 827 days ago
Sadly, I agree that browsers have forgotten what defaults are for. Instead of prvoiding something useable for the user, default CSS has turned into a nearly completely abstract set of values of relevance only to developers.

But that situation should be fixed on the side of the Web browsers, not every website's author.

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