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From: Nancy Gay Crawford <>
Subject: RE: [BD-ADM] It's a Question of RW vs Ancestry Boards?!
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 15:54:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: <E19399F7C913D411B70700508B8BFEB5A95EFC@mtexch3.mtech.edu>


I have Netscape and IE and Ancestry is much easier to read
with larger print than Rootsweb's small print to me. Nancy

At 03:32 PM 08/03/2001, you wrote:
>I agree with Cay. Both are exactly the same size font in my browser.
>Wouldn't want it any larger (or smaller).
>
>Suzanne
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cay Merryman [SMTP:]
> > Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 12:41 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [BD-ADM] It's a Question of RW vs Ancestry Boards?!
> >
> > Going to the URL you gave below for Westmoreland County, I get
> > exactly the right font size. I can't imagine needing anything
> > larger - and my eyes are not great. In fact I get exactly the
> > same font size whether it is rootsweb or Ancestry. I use
> > Netscape.
> >
> > Cay
> >
> > Kathleen Woodside Freiburg wrote:
> > >
> > > Now I've been reading messages on this list just like the next guy and I
> > have to admit, while it makes no difference to me personally, I sympathize
> > with those who have been begging for a *larger* font to be used in the
> > messages on the boards.
> > >
> > > A peculiar thing happened today which left me scratching my head. I
> > received a direct request from someone to remove a *messed up* posting
> > from a board and giving me the URL to get there. As it turned out, it was
> > the Ancestry (green) side of the house this person had used to post.
> > >
> > > I was dumbfounded at what I was looking at. Nice, big print in the
> > message area itself. Saying, hummm, I jumped over to the RootsWeb side .
> > . . . teeny, tiny print. Same message, same board; two entirely different
> > fonts sizes.
> > >
> > > Sample URL for message from RW PA Westmoreland County Board:
> > >
> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/rw/localities.northam.usa.states
> > .pennsylvania.counties.westmoreland/2213
> > >
> > > URL for same message from Ancestry side: (just change the
> > *an/localities* to *rw/localities*)
> > >
> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/localities.northam.usa.states
> > .pennsylvania.counties.westmoreland/2213
> > >
> > > What gives, folks? Can't our RW users and admins have the *easier on
> > the eyes* font size on RootsWeb Board side, too?
> > >
> > > -- Kathleen <sitting here a-wondering why he difference>
> > >
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Nancy Gay Crawford

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