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Re: Resize text buttons

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From: Adri Edwards-Johnson
Date: Jan 8, 2009 4:35AM

In our public library setting we do use them. Dealing with the general
public (seniors or those not familiar with computers) they don't have the
computer know-how to use short cut keys but once shown the visual cue on a
web page they remember how to click that on how to resize.
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Paul Collins < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm just wondering, as I occasionally get fed designs that have "text
> resize" buttons on the page. (EG - small, medium, large). I'm wondering, do
> people ever use these? I would have thought anyone who needs to resize text
> would be aware of how to do it. Also, the latest versions of the popular
> browsers, (namely Internet Explorer and Firefox), use the Zoom tool these
> days, which enlarges images as well as text.
>
> Would like to hear anyone's thoughts on this.
> Cheers
>
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