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From: Lists@Srinivasu.org
Date: May 25, 2012 7:57PM

David,
You may want to tell her that there would be users such as learning disabilities or elderly users who may not even aware that browser has such a functionality.

Makes sense?

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Srinivasu
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On 26-May-2012, at 5:29 AM, David Ashleydale < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was explaining to someone that in order to meet the WCAG Level AA color
> contrast guideline for a particular color of text and its background, she
> would have to use at least 18 point text on the web page (it didn't provide
> enough contrast for regular size text, but did for large text). She said,
> "Well, can't the user just zoom in or increase the text size using the
> browser functionality to get it up to 18 points or more?"
>
> I didn't know how to respond.
>
> Help? :)
>
> Thanks,
> David Ashleydale
> > >