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From: Alastair Campbell
Date: Nov 30, 2013 8:03AM

Hi Steve,

But assuming sites are not well designed, isn't text-sizing better than
zoom?

I realise there is a huge range of ways to design badly for re-sizing, and
most don't do it well. However, by accident (usually) responsive sites are
designed well for zoom.

Perhaps a way of maintaining the choice would be for the browser to leave
the control, but default to zoom when on a responsive site (one declaring
the viewport=device-width). If the user still decides to switch back to
text-only then save the choice for that site.

Without a switch of default (or a huge education campaign) then many people
will think that many sites are rubbish for re-sizing when actually they are
great - if you zoom.

-Alastair


On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> The problem with your suggestion is that it only works if every website in
> the world is designed well. Non-responsive websites *should* accommodate
> text resizing but we all know that a large proportion of them do not. If
> users do not have the option to select zoom, those sites will not be usable.
>
> Steve Green
>
>