>>I think the current font size inside a conference for the topic list
>>is like a hair too big for my taste but YMMV.
>
>Well, I set it a size smaller at some point in the course of the
>various experiments yesterday, and Philip said it was too small, so...
>(shrug) Can't win for losin', I guess.

It's probably similar to how it is nearly impossible to alter functionality without breaking someone's workflow. So, a proposed law of interface design: "There is no change to the text settings of an interface that won't render it annoying or difficult to read for someone."