On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:51:54 +1100, Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the point of this discussion is partially missed, making font > size scalable is not just about making a site accessible for people with > special needs - it benefits everyone! Consider this scenario: > > Acme Company hires Zippo Web Dev to create their website > Zippo decide 8px Arial is really funky for the main text - sells Acme on the > idea. > Site is launched, looks beautiful. > > John Doe has no disabilities, accesses site, can't read text, his options: > Leave site, never to return > Tell all his friends what a crappy site it is > Email Acme to complain > If the information is critical to JD, consider legal complaint under > Disability Discrimination Act.
I'd vote for first two option. On what ground could he use option 4? Only what has it to do with being able to scale fonts? I guess, you assume John Doe uses IE/Win and he knows how to change font-size: only he cannot to. Let's modify your scenario: John Doe uses [any browser] and site is designed with em's, only they are sized in such a way they look exactly the same size of 8px. But - JD does NOT know how to change font-size. That leaves as with options: > Leave site, never to return > Tell all his friends what a crappy site it is > Email Acme to complain > If the information is critical to JD, consider legal complaint under > Disability Discrimination Act. Not much difference here, eh? That brings us to the original sin: > Zippo decide 8px Arial is really funky for the main text - sells Acme on the > idea. That may bring us to the flame about optimal font-size, please, don't, I beg you. Not here, not now. > Do you think Acme would hire Zippo again? It depends. I'd say yes -- they've bought the idea of the 8px font, haven't they?. (Who would, anyway ;) Regards, Rimantas -- http://rimantas.com/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
