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From: Travis Roth
Date: Jan 10, 2006 2:20PM

> I am pretty amazed that the IBM research and tools providing a proxy to
change web sites before they arrive at the end
> user is not discussed more.

Can you provide more information or a link to this project?
Thank you.

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Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] back to top


> > I'd like to see some usability testing with elderly people on those
> > things. Actually it shouldn't be hard to write one that keeps
> > metrics of how many people _really_ used them. I guess after
> > substracting the 90% web designers who want to see how it works and
> > if they used the one at alistapart or an own one you'll get the real
> > number.
>
> Then get the same number of users, but provide them with a browser
> that has the built-in text size widget showing (e.g. in IE, View >
> Toolbars > Customize... and add the size button; in Firefox, something
> like my "text size toolbar"
> <https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefo
> x&id=472>)
> and give them a 3 second "you can use this to make text bigger or
> smaller to suit you"...and then send them to those sites again and see
> what happens.
>
> After that, send the two groups to different sites with notoriously
> small font sizes and record their thoughts...

Nah, all you are playing at is a lot of silver haired old ladies calling you
a sweetie for providing such a toolbar, and I am not going to give you that
pleasure :-)

I am pretty amazed that the IBM research and tools providing a proxy to
change web sites before they arrive at the end user is not discussed more.

I was very impressed with the presentation at the world usability day:
http://www.accessonmainstreet.net/world-usability-day-accessibility-channel/
a-broader-view-of-web-accessibility/

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