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Re: WCAG 1.4.4 and text-only resize vs. full-page zoom

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From: Jason Kiss
Date: Jul 16, 2014 4:37PM

I interpret it similarly, but consider the IE6 scenario through the
lens of "accessibility support". If someone has IE6, I assume that
they can (except, perhaps, in a closed environment) obtain a more
recent browser that supports the technology, in this case page zoom,
in an accessibility supported way, and that browser is available for
download or purchase in a way that does not cost a person with a
disability any more than a person without a disability and is as easy
to find and obtain for a person with a disability as it is for a
person without disabilities.

In other words, from my perspective, unless we are assured that a user
cannot get access to any browser but IE6, page zoom conforms.

Jason

On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Looking for a sanity check.
>
> WCAG 1.4.4 says "Except for captions and images of text, text can be
> resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of
> content or functionality. (Level AA)"
>
> However, Sufficient Technique G142 is titled: Using a technology that has
> commonly-available user agents that support zoom. The information on G142
> isn't terribly clear as to whether it refers to text-only or full-page
> zoom. G142 simply uses the term "Zoom".
>
> "Understanding SC 1.4.4" says:
> "The scaling of content is primarily a user agent responsibility." and goes
> on to say "The author cannot rely on the user agent to satisfy this Success
> Criterion for HTML content if users do not have access to a user agent with
> zoom support. For example, if they work in an environment that requires
> them to use IE 6."
>
> I personally interpret this to mean that *if* we can be assured that the
> user will be on a browser other than IE6, that full-page zoom conforms to
> 1.4.4. Under what circumstances might we be assured that the user won't be
> on IE6? In an environment where the user's browser is dictated by the
> organization's IT department.
>
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