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From: Angela French
Date: Thu, Feb 16 2012 1:42PM
Subject: zoom magnification
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Hello All,
I might not be using the right terms/words to ask this question, but hope you will understand what I'm after.
When a person who uses a screen magnification software tool first comes to a page, what area of the page do they see if no focus has been programmatically applied by the web developer?
I am asking this in reference to the placement of Skip to Main Content links (per this morning's thread). Does a highly magnified page "focus" the screen on the top left?
Thank you
Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Thu, Feb 16 2012 2:18PM
Subject: Re: zoom magnification
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Typically, when a new page is loaded but the new page does not specifically designate focus, the magnification stays focused on the part of the screen that last had focus.
So if you had been tabbing and were focused on a link at the bottom right hand corner of the screen and you then clicked the link, focus would still remain there when the new page was loaded. If you hit the tab key and system focus moved to the first link on the page, then the magnified viewport would move to that part of the screen.
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Subject: [WebAIM] zoom magnification
Hello All,
I might not be using the right terms/words to ask this question, but hope you will understand what I'm after.
When a person who uses a screen magnification software tool first comes to a page, what area of the page do they see if no focus has been programmatically applied by the web developer?
I am asking this in reference to the placement of Skip to Main Content links (per this morning's thread). Does a highly magnified page "focus" the screen on the top left?
Thank you
Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
360-704-4316
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http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
From: Angela French
Date: Thu, Feb 16 2012 2:30PM
Subject: Re: zoom magnification
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Thank you.
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> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Tim Harshbarger
>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:19 PM
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>Subject: Re: [WebAIM] zoom magnification
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>Typically, when a new page is loaded but the new page does not specifically
>designate focus, the magnification stays focused on the part of the screen
>that last had focus.
>
>So if you had been tabbing and were focused on a link at the bottom right
>hand corner of the screen and you then clicked the link, focus would still
>remain there when the new page was loaded. If you hit the tab key and
>system focus moved to the first link on the page, then the magnified
>viewport would move to that part of the screen.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = [mailto:webaim-forum-
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Angela French
>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:44 PM
>To: 'WebAim Forum ( = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = )'
>Subject: [WebAIM] zoom magnification
>
>Hello All,
>I might not be using the right terms/words to ask this question, but hope you
>will understand what I'm after.
>
>When a person who uses a screen magnification software tool first comes to
>a page, what area of the page do they see if no focus has been
>programmatically applied by the web developer?
>
>I am asking this in reference to the placement of Skip to Main Content links
>(per this morning's thread). Does a highly magnified page "focus" the screen
>on the top left?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>
>Angela French
>Internet Specialist
>State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
>360-704-4316
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>http://www.checkoutacollege.com/
>
>
From: Donna Lettow
Date: Fri, Feb 17 2012 12:33PM
Subject: Re: zoom magnification
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From: Tim Harshbarger
Typically, when a new page is loaded but the new page does not specifically designate focus, the magnification stays focused on the part of the screen that last had focus.
Is that true of all the major screen magnifiers? Because that sounds like more of a design flaw than a feature to me.
Donna Lettow
Staff Specialist, Electronic Accessibility & Internal Communication
MD Division of Rehabilitation Services
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From: Angela French
Date: Fri, Feb 17 2012 1:18PM
Subject: Re: zoom magnification
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That "feature" didn't impress me either. :-)
Angela french
>From: Tim Harshbarger
>Typically, when a new page is loaded but the new page does not specifically
>designate focus, the magnification stays focused on the part of the screen
>that last had focus.
>
>Is that true of all the major screen magnifiers? Because that sounds like
>more of a design flaw than a feature to me.
>
>Donna Lettow
>Staff Specialist, Electronic Accessibility & Internal Communication MD
>Division of Rehabilitation Services
>
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