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Re: Resize text buttons

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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Jan 8, 2009 5:05AM

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:32, Paul Collins < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> 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.
>

In our national guidelines for public sector websites we have advised
against creating functionality that duplicates that which already
exists in most browsers (e.g. text resize, print page etc). Resize
buttons are typically implemented diffrently on each website and
contribute to confusion.

If you instead present information about how to use the browser text
resize menu you enable a user to resize text on any website.

Regards,

Peter Krantz
Stockholm, Sweden