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Re: Fw: Regarding checkboxes and radio buttons that are not input elements

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From: deborah.kaplan@suberic.net
Date: May 8, 2012 6:15PM

Ryan Hemphill wrote:

> they were asking that a certain block of designed UI be moved 2 pixels to the right and 5 pixels up because it suited their fancy.

In general, the only thing I've found that works is showing them what their so-detailed design looks like on screens other than the one they are using: usually a small laptop, a tablet such as an iPad, and a smart phone. Many designers talk the responsive design talk without paying attention to the fact that the idea is essentially all about losing control of that pixel-by-pixel look and feel, but if you actually *show* them the design on the smaller screen sometimes it sinks in.

Using accessibility as an argument has never worked for me, sadly.

-Deborah