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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Jun 20, 2016 10:26AM

> The only reason (use-case) I've heard to use text-sizing in the context of responsive design is _mallory's, where large blurry images are difficult to deal with. Are there others?

Another case to consider is some responsive implementations assume the user is on a mobile and hide, or layer functionality behind menus and focus on mobile tasks, etc. When in fact the low vision user may be accessing the site from a desktop and may not be on a touch screen, etc. I could also envision benefits to text resize for main body content but perhaps not other elements -- much like some browser's reader mode. Making assumptions based on the viewport width while not to specific to RWD could be an issue that people associate with the practice.

Jonathan

Jonathan Avila
Chief Accessibility Officer
SSB BART Group 
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