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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Mar 7, 2002 5:48AM

Veering off a little, you might want to check out the following Canadian
Government web site geared towads seniors:
http://www.seniors.gc.ca/scolPortSearchScreen.jsp?userLanguage=en&;displayCat
=ALL&font=0

As a general statement, many seniors experience problems with smaller text,
and so the developers used a .jsp routine to provide a means for their
audience to enlarge the font size via a server side script. My only regret
is the fact that they pass variables via the URL string and so the page is
not validating. None-the-less, I beleive they should get mention for
understanding and providing for the ability to enlarge the fonts.

As always JMHO

JF




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