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From: Steve Green
Date: Sep 13, 2023 8:09PM

Thanks Glen,

The breadcrumb items are missing at 250% and all higher zoom levels. I was feeling uncharacteristically generous to our client earlier, but I agree with your viewpoint and have upgraded it to a non-conformance. I prefer to think we seek to be "accurate" rather than nit-picky or pedantic.

However, I have concerns about ignoring the author's intentions in this way. For instance, it is not uncommon for the mobile layout of a website to lack features or content that are present in the desktop layout. If this has been done to simplify the user experience, should we really insist they put all those features and content back in? It could make the accessibility better in theory, but worse in practice.

Steve