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From: Steve Green
Date: Oct 5, 2010 10:39AM

In the ideal world that would happen, but after more than 15 years there's
no sign of browser vendors doing so. In all the years I've been doing user
testing I've met dozens of people who would benefit from customising their
browser settings, but a tiny number who knew that they could, let alone knew
how to do so.

Maybe browser vendors should ship their products with an accessibility
toolbar that contains all these options. The toolbar could be displayed by
default so people could see the options are there. Anyone who doesn't need
them could then hide the toolbar.

Until then I don't see any reason why website designers should not provide
these features in the website. What good does it do to say that someone else
should fix the problem if that person persists in not fixing it?

Steve Green
Director
Test Partners Ltd