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From: Randall Pope
Date: Jan 8, 2009 9:15AM

Hello Paul,

Posting a simple instruction on using the browser setting would be an ideal
world but in reality that would not work for those who cannot understand
simple technical instruction, not to mention the visual language issues such
as sign language. I have been getting requests for sign language videos to
interpret the content of the page which is their native language. Many
people of the Deaf community fall into this group, not to mention the low
vision DeafBlind people.

Being a low vision DeafBlind person myself, I would rather have the choice
of page size and color background on the webpage instead of using the
browser. Often the browser choice does not work for me. A good example is
Facebook at http://m.facebook.com which does a better job than the Foxfire's
browser "no style" setting. In this case the Facebook team decided to use
another domain name to address the low vision issues and using their own CSS
style instead of letting the browser determined the visual looks of the
page.

Another thought: Having the font resizing and background color preference on
the webpage itself will also give the webmaster or designer more control to
match the viewers preference.

Hope this helps

With Warm Regards,
Randall "Randy" Pope
American Association of the Deaf-Blind
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-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Paul Collins
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 10:27 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Resize text buttons

Thanks for your replies.

Yes, you're right that it does assume people know a lot about their browser.
However, perhaps a page explaining how to do it on your browser would be
better than having the buttons on the site. The people could re-use that
knowledge once they leave the site.

Cheers again.
Paul



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Carol Wheeler
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:17 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Resize text buttons

Peter Krantz said:
>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).

That certainly assumes a level of sophistication that may not exist for many
users that could benefit. I know that for most of our users, who tend to be
older than average, it wouldn't be a safe bet, and there are probably a good
portion of them who could benefit from resizing.

Carol E. Wheeler
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Web Department
American Institute for Cancer Research
1759 R Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Tel: 202-328-7744
Fax: 202-328-7226
http://www.aicr.org