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From: Judith.A.Blankman
Date: Nov 4, 2014 4:15PM

Are there Accessibility implications for a sign on screen on a smartphone being restricted to a portrait layout, where the interface would not re-orient when the device moves to a landscape orientation?

This is for a very simple, bold colorful visual layout, not a lot of text. The interface also does not currently allow pinch/zoom (for now, which we are trying to influence for a redesign.) The rationale we are hearing for doing so is 1) similar apps are doing this, and 2) saves some project effort.

Some thoughts that occur:

Mobility impairment – if a person has his/her phone mounted in a landscape orientation, and s/he cannot easily modify the position, this would make the screen impossible to use.

Low vision (?) – if there is a preference to read content in a wider format such as text that is on one line instead of two.

Anything else I haven't thought of?


Thanks,


Judith Blankman

Accessibility Strategist
Customer Experience



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