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Re: Browser zooming sufficient for WCAG 1.4.4 (resize text)

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Jun 7, 2015 6:35AM

Whitney,

That's due to the move toward rem units. When a site is built using
rem units the breakpoints can be triggered when the page is zoomed.

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Whitney Quesenbery < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I've started to see sites that respond to browser zoom in a responsive way.
> It looks like they switch to a mobile template when the zoom level gets
> high, so the text (and page overall) wrap well. Anyone else seeing this
> trend?
>
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 2:10 AM _mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 07:01:44PM +0000, EA Draffan wrote:
>> > I have to agree total zoom is not ideal for all users. For those who
>> have reading difficulties and do not need image zoom, just increasing the
>> size of text can be enormously helpful. This is also critical for reading
>> skills when coping with cursive texts such as Arabic, which also has no
>> capitals. We have this attribute as part of ATbar (https://www.atbar.org/)
>> because of the trend of browsers to just offer total zoom. Increasing
>> line spacing can also help some readers.
>>
>> That, and the reason I stuck with Firefox for as long as I did was
>> because zoomed images, being blurry things often next to text,
>> made reading harder (my eyes kept seeing blur in the periphery and
>> made me think all my vision was blurry, is the best I can explain
>> it).
>>
>> cheers,
>> _mallory
>> >> >> >> >>
> > > > --

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