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Re: Font resizing and change contrast

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Mar 28, 2012 2:35PM

I think they are very helpful for people on mobile browsers like the iPhone & iPad where there are no options to increase your font size like you can do with desktop browsers. The contrast settings are also very limited there, your only other option is reverse contrast (White on Black).

I don't think they should be required but I definitely recommend them for the mobile reasons and the other reasons mentioned in the replies.

Personally I use the text sizing widgets often when they are available because it usually resizes the text differently than pressing Command/Ctrl++.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
Deque Systems
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On Mar 28, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Andrews, David B (DEED) wrote:

> I don't know that there is any "collective wisdom." It is done both ways, of course, and personally I favor letting people do it with their browser, or OS. However, one plus for making it available on the web site itself is that it puts accessibility right out front, for everyone to see.
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> Dave
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> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Barry Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:27 AM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Font resizing and change contrast
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> Hi all
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> Just joined yesterday, and already have a query for you all.
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> What is the collective wisdom regarding *Change font size* and *Change
> contrast* links on a web page?
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> My thinking is that they are not needed if the text and contrast are set in the CSS and can be changed by the browser. Most people who need these access adjustments will know how to alter it in the browser and, if they don't, then they will struggle with most of the internet.
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> Of course, a link to instructions on how to change the browser settings would be useful.
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> However, as I am blind, these access settings are superfluous to me, so I might be coming at this from a rather bias perspective.
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> Cheers
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> Barry
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