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Re: Responsive web design and it's accessibility

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From: glen walker
Date: May 22, 2018 6:09PM

I have to remind designers that when they're designing for breakpoints and
start talking about tablet or mobile, that those breakpoints can be hit on
the desktop too if the browser is shrunk or the font is increased.


On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 5:10 PM, KellyFord < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
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> This is an interesting discussion and I'd like to bring up at least one
> issue I've experienced. I use a screen reader and have no vision. Rarely
> do I worry about the size of my browser window on my personal computer and
> in fact at various times have been told the window might be extremely
> small. Perhaps some combinations of things I inadvertently did caused this
> to happen. The end result today though is that I can at times get a very
> different experience, even though from my perception I'm going to the same
> web site.
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> I'm not saying at all that responsive design shouldn't be used but just be
> aware it has implications that may not always be expected.
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> Kelly
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