Google Changes Font Size Unilaterally... Why?

This is what all you "designers" get for insisting on setting fonts and colors and whatnot. Now you have a Web where you have gotten everyone to force their tiny sans serif fonts and bright white backgrounds down my throat, but one Web site you like makes a change you don't like and suddenly you are up in arms. If people would leave the fonts and colors alone then everyone could set their browser how they liked and be happy.

I notice this guy has all kinds of fonts and colors explicitly defined in his blog's style sheet. He gets no sympathy from me.

I agree that it is irritating, but it is their site, it's not like they need to ask for permission.

When I wrote this post, I was also thinking about a former colleague. He has a birth condition requiring him to use huge font size to read anything on his screen. There is no way to resize fonts, did Google think about disabled people?

The author says that the page disregards user font size choices, but when I zoom in using Firefox it makes the text larger. So, no usability issue, perhaps I am using too new of a browser?

Weblog uses bright purple text for unvisited links... Why?

This does answer the issues I raise. Why the question?