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From: Jeevan Reddy
Date: Nov 19, 2010 2:12AM

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Jeevan Reddy
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> 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
>>
>>