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Re: Insights on Text Resizing

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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Nov 18, 2010 11:30PM

Hi Vivek,
I've no idea is there any tool in IE to do this job.
You can Try Color Zilla addon for firefox, it'll help you to resize
web page from 20% to 1000%
And also it'll allow you to analyze different color aspects.
Here is the Download URL:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/271/

Cheers,
Jeevan,
Accessibility Engineer,
Onya Digital Solutions, Bangalore,
Cell: +91 8050761380.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Marco Maertens < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm not sure that testing both text zoom and page zoom is necessary. Since
> page zooming is the equivalent of using screen magnification, there
> shouldn't be an effect on the overall functionality (I know, I know,
> "shouldn't").
>
> I think the intent and the far bigger concern is when text is zoomed, but
> everything else stays the same. Here, Firefox's Zoom Text Only -- as
> mentioned by Dawn -- is very helpful. Is there "overflow: hidden" that
> truncates text? Were heights or widths relying on default rendering sizes of
> text such that the layout is inoperably altered?
>
> -Marco.
>
> Marco Maertens
> Web Developer and Accessibility Specialist
> Empathy Lab
> 610-572-2371
>
>