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Re: Font Resizers (WAS RE: back to top)

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From: Rimantas Liubertas
Date: Jan 12, 2006 3:00AM

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> You have made it more difficult to NN to learn about the basic features
> of browser usage. Before seeing a site-specific control, NN may have
> thought that there might (or should) be a way to change the font size
> in general. Visiting a site with a special control _inside a page_
> enforces the idea that there is no general control - why else would
> some pages contain their own controls for that?

This is VERY bold assumption, imho...
Why not different path - before visiting said site NN had no idea
that font size can be changed. When he saw that implemented
as custom widget on the page, he might get an idea, this can be
done in browser too - and starts to look for this feature, and discovers it.
So in this case that special contro has helped NN to find out about
features of his browser.

Why this scenario is less likely?

(I'd bet that most likely scenario is for both types of control to be
ignored, but whatever....)

Rimantas
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