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Re: Scalable or Responsive and why

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From: Aditya
Date: Oct 8, 2020 12:44PM

Responsive rearranges content blocks. Example, a list of links that are horizontally laid out would go under a hamburger menu when page is zoomed and users would have to navigate again to re orient and access content.
I guess it's picking what's best for your users.


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> On Oct 8, 2020, at 1:12 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Responsive is much better for users with low vision so they do not have to scroll horizontally to read a line of text. It would also likely be needed to meet WCAG 2.1 SC 1.4.10 which indicates text should fit into a width of 320CSS pixels without scrolling in the direction of the text.
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> Hello Everyone,
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> There is discussion happening at my university regarding whether it is okay to create online training content that is scalable instead of responsive. I believe they should be responsive because they are more accessible. Arguments for scalable are they are faster to create, thus cheaper for the client, and are "less frustrating" for the content creators. I would love to hear your honest thoughts.
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