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Re: Browser font sizes

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From: Nick Wilson
Date: Mar 7, 2002 1:14AM

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* and then Terence de Giere declared....
> I do not have any statistics on font size changes by users. In some

Shame, that's what I really need :-(

> Most users do not change browser defaults. As with setting font sizes

How do you know this? I think it a reasonable guess but it's a guess.

> Older users are likely to need some enlargement of fonts due to
> deteriorating vision. The font sizes on many Web pages today are too
> small for such users. Whether they know how to enlarge the font is a
> good question, since so many people do not know it can be done.

Again, very reasonable assumptions but where's the hard data?

Seems like this is a relatively unexplored area, everyone has some
pretty good idea that the number of people who know how to adjust their
browsers font sizes is small but no one seems to have gathered any data
on the subject. Well, perhaps it's something to discuss in Aprils
accessability training eh?
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