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Re: Safari Mobile WCAG Zoom Testing Approach

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From: Jonathan Avila
Date: Oct 19, 2020 10:44AM

1.4.4 would apply to mobile - any option that is not assistive technology to make text bigger even if it causes other content like images to get larger to reach 200% of the default would pass. The three finger zoom is considered assistive technology - so any browser or on page controls could be used.

On the desktop the browser zoom feature is generally used to meet 1.4.4.

Jonathan

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What is the appropriate way to test for WCAG 1.4.4 (resize text) and 1.4.10
(reflow) within the Safari Mobile? The resize text option in IOS only applies to applications, not web pages. There is a zoom option within IOS that does not allow for reflow and requires quite a bit of scrolling in both directions. Safari also has a zoom option ("Aa" in the top left hand corner of the browser). However, it doesn't seem to exclusively resize text. I believe the last option is the best testing approach, but I am wanting to confirm this is the case.