In my opinion you should make it accessible to begin with, and then provide options (Or allow users to change with their browser tools) to let it suit users needs. It was amazing the positive feedback I received when I styled a RSS feed for a blog so that the blog titles were IMO really huge (Around 20pt) and the text was also huge (Around 16pt). But apparently it made it easier to use than the actual blog styled in HTML/CSS! I made the change so the blogs site was in the same format as the RSS feed with a comment on the blog about how to make the font smaller with your browser and nobody complained :-)
Something to think about: Do we provide accessible content to begin with or do we provide ways for a user to make the content accessible? Lloyd On 11/10/05, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From my experience there are a lot of people who have got a vision > impairment, yet do not use Magnifiers or don't know how to manually change > the browser font size. If you think about it - a "vision impairment" could > be just caused by old age or even tiredness. Just because somebody has got > slight difficulties reading small font doesn't mean they go off and buy > themselves a Screen Magnifier. And in particular older people might not know > how modify their browsers to increase the font size. > > Having said that - the stylesheet swapping links on websites (such as on the > Sydney Morning Herald) are very often so user-unfriendly, they end up being > completely useless. I mean: how many people will guess that a small "A" will > decrease the font size on your browser, a larger "A" will increase it? In > particular for people who do have a vision impairment, that's not the > easiest functionality to detect and use. If you introduce such features, > make them obvious. And if possible, write them in BIG FONT. :) > > That's my two cents. > > Cheers, > > Andreas. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of David McKinnon > Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 12:49 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Font resizing > > I was just wondering what everyone's opinion of font resizing using > stylesheet swapping? > I'm wondering if it's still useful given that it's useless to people using > screen readers, people with vision impairment will probably be more likely > to us a screen magnifier, and others can use their browser's own font sizing > -- command-+ and so on. > I notice that the Sydney Morning Herald's new design font resizing, but > offers just two font sizes: normal and bigger and only for some pages. > Any thoughts? > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > > > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
