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Re: Resize text buttons

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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Jan 8, 2009 9:25AM

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 16:16, Carol Wheeler < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> 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.

But f you have a page that explains how to adjust text size (with the
built in browser functionality) and print pages there shouldn't be any
problem. For the official public sector portal here they did user
testing with users above 60 and they had no problem finding the
information about text resizing and using to to adjust size according
to their needs.

As Paul noted, this will also be beneficial when the user is on a
different site that doesn't provide custom resize controls.

Also, in my experience, custom resize functionality rarely match users
expectations (too little or too much). And, it does not resize images
the way modern browsers can.

Regards,

Peter