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Re: IE doesn't increase font-size in px

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From: Jim Allan
Date: Apr 15, 2013 12:53PM

On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 11:37 AM, David Ashleydale < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> I just did a quick check for the most popular web sites in 2013 and then
> tried to zoom the text (using View/Text Size) to "Largest" in IE 8 /
> Windows 7. I'm using a screen resolution of 1920 by 1200. Here are my
> results:
>

I went into IE Internet options | accessibility | and checked the Ignore
Font sizes box, and then set the View/Text Size to "Largest", screen
resolution of 1920 by 1080

1. Google - pass - though the text in search box stayed the same, the auto
complete text in the drop down got bigger
2. Facebook - partial pass. the blue zone at the top doesn't get any
bigger, and the "keep men logged in" and "forgot your password?" are half
gone. the rest is fine, line height problems in navigation areas (left and
right). Actual posts are ok, except lost all of the avatars.
3. Yahoo - partial pass. problem with line heights and zone (divs) heights
cutting off text.
4. YouTube - partial pass. problem with line heights and zone (divs)
heights cutting off some text.
5. Wikipedia - pass - but search box did not get any bigger
6. MSN - - fail. problem with line heights and zone (divs) heights
cutting off text. 12% right side of screen needs horizontal scrolling
7. Amazon - Fail - Search Box got bigger! problem with line heights and
zone (divs) heights cutting off text in navigation area...the rest seems
fine. 15% right side of screen needs horizontal scrolling
8. Ebay - partial pass - problem with line heights and zone (divs) heights
cutting off text.
9. Twitter - partial pass. line height issues - little space between line.
readable mostly
10. bing - Pass. search box got bigger but not the text inside.

Ignoring the font size does not ignore any of the other reading
characteristics. While the fonts get bigger, the text on wrapping lines
(paragraphs) tends to run together. However only 2 sites need horizontal
scrolling.
I becomes very easy to see which text is 'real' and which are part of
images (they don't change size.)

jim


> 1. Google - Pass.
> 2. Facebook - Fail. Text did not get any bigger.
> 3. Yahoo - Fail. Text did not get any bigger.
> 4. YouTube - Fail. Text did not get any bigger.
> 5. Wikipedia - Pass.
> 6. MSN - Pass.
> 7. Amazon - Fail. Text did not get any bigger.
> 8. eBay - Fail. Text did not get any bigger.
> 9. Twitter - Fail. Text did not get any bigger.
> 10. Bing - Partial pass. The text gets bigger, but some of the
> functionality causes the page to get wider than the screen. Also, not
> all
> of the text on the page gets bigger.
>
> When I used View/Zoom (everything) to 200%, these were my results:
>
> 1. Google - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 2. Facebook - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 3. Yahoo - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 4. YouTube - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 5. Wikipedia - Pass.
> 6. MSN - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 7. Amazon - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 8. eBay - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
> 9. Twitter - Pass.
> 10. Bing - Fail. Horizontal scroll bar appeared.
>
> This was an interesting exercise for me. I had thought that these sites
> would allow the text to resize but that it would look all screwy. Instead,
> almost 7 out o 10 of them didn't even allow me to only resize the text at
> all!
>
> David Ashleydale
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Steve Green <
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> > wrote:
>
> > Both of those sites work fine so it is our clients' implementations that
> > are buggy, as I expected.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >