Comments on: Is Traditional Text Resizing a Thing of the Past? http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:27:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jitendra Vyas http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-28027 Jitendra Vyas Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:49:53 +0000 http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-28027 Is it works in IE 8? Is it works in IE 8?

]]> By: paratactic jeff http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-15455 paratactic jeff Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:19:29 +0000 http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-15455 i think we can safely leave it up to the browser or the OS to handle from here on out...well, Mac OS X at least... i think we can safely leave it up to the browser or the OS to handle from here on out…well, Mac OS X at least…

]]> By: Jermayn http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-14964 Jermayn Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:39:27 +0000 http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-14964 Tend to think we do not need it anymore. I fail to see why it is used in the first place, nice tools and features but I do not or have ever seen anyone use them, they always just "ctrl +", squint or move on. Tend to think we do not need it anymore.

I fail to see why it is used in the first place, nice tools and features but I do not or have ever seen anyone use them, they always just “ctrl +”, squint or move on.

]]> By: Mike Taylor http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-14741 Mike Taylor Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:08:44 +0000 http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-14741 Peter may be right in principle, but full page zoom in Firefox 3 can exclude images if required. Peter may be right in principle, but full page zoom in Firefox 3 can exclude images if required.

]]> By: Peter Gasston http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-14717 Peter Gasston Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:55:19 +0000 http://www.dave-woods.co.uk/index.php/is-traditional-text-resizing-a-thing-of-the-past/#comment-14717 I can't remember the source off-hand, but I recently read a very good article talking about the difference between resizing text and full-page zoom, in terms of accessibility. In summary, they are quite different; if you have poor vision and want to increase the size of the text for legibility, full-page zoom is not the best option; it means all images and layouts also become larger, and makes it more likely to introduce horizontal scrolling. The best solution would be that the layout remains intact, but the text size increases. Full page zoom is a boon for lazy developers, but not for those users who would theoretically benefit most. I can’t remember the source off-hand, but I recently read a very good article talking about the difference between resizing text and full-page zoom, in terms of accessibility.

In summary, they are quite different; if you have poor vision and want to increase the size of the text for legibility, full-page zoom is not the best option; it means all images and layouts also become larger, and makes it more likely to introduce horizontal scrolling. The best solution would be that the layout remains intact, but the text size increases.

Full page zoom is a boon for lazy developers, but not for those users who would theoretically benefit most.

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