firefox and "icon images" - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 13, 2014, 08:03:53 am
content: does anyone know why on newer sites in firefox tiny images do not show up. example the BBC iplayer and radio site and the back end of wordpress. They show in IE but I'll be damned if I'm using it.

author: dave_k
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2014, 12:13:02 am
content: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=firefox+favicons+not+working

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 14, 2014, 05:44:25 am
content: no I don't mean the favicon, i mean small images that make up "buttons" like on the radio player there is no play button, just a square with 4 letters in it

author: tjaeger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2014, 06:23:30 am
content: Somebody decided at one point that in order to get proper web 2.0 cred one must embed icons as custom fonts.Preferences -> Content -> Advanced -> Allow pages to use their own fonts.I use the 'toolbar buttons' extension to switch back and forth between my preferred font and the fonts that websites want to use (which are invariably terrible):https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toolbar-buttons/

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 14, 2014, 06:36:37 am
content: oh for fuck sake!who came up with that stupid idea and I thought that web design was supposed to take disabilities into consideration. Being dyslexic I find comic sans to be easier to read than most things and certainly the standard fonts are not easy so now I have to go back to hard to read fonts just because some wanker came up with some cute idea!Right, yet another complaint going to the BBC for their fucked up brand new radio player site, designed entirely to confuse dyslexics and it's a stupid maze too where you just get lost in their attempt to show you more stuff.

author: ve7xen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 14, 2014, 06:32:38 pm
content: Not really relevant, but are you aware of:http://opendyslexic.org/?I am not dyslexic, but have seen this recommended by several folks who are. Doesn't solve your problem, but might be helpful elsewhere

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 15, 2014, 11:22:20 am
content: Quote from: ve7xen on April 14, 2014, 06:32:38 pmthat link throws up an error page. Fortunately I'm not badly dyslexic but I like to lmake life as simple as possible and if that means that I want to force all fonts to comic that is my choice, what web designers seem to be now doing is just inconsiderate and should be considered against the standard. It is either a font or an image, sure it's nuts to use fonts to place images.

author: ve7xen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 15, 2014, 07:43:35 pm
content: The page does seem to be broken today. It is an open-source font designed specifically to be easier to read for dyslexics. When they get their website back up you might want to check it out, you may find it improves on your existing experience with Comic Sans. If the site is still no good, the font itself is available here:http://www.dafont.com/open-dyslexic.fontI agree. They shouldn't be using any font-based icons that aren't standard Unicode code points likely to be present on a user's machine without special fonts. Accessibility issues aside, it's just a silly way to deal with it. If they want to embed a fancy image, that can be done for years with base64 encoded image data inline.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 16, 2014, 05:42:25 am
content: Ah yes I did come across that font. It does not actually do much to help me in fact I find comic easier to read and it fits in better with web pages. The mail problem with changing fonts is the sizes. Many pages I view don't layout quite correctly like menu text falling off the menu because the comic font needs a bit more room than the intended font.