On 06/05/25 08:55 (GMT-0400) Warren Cardinal apparently typed:

> another point - is bestbuy.com losing customers because their text size is
> small and you cannot resize it?  I think NOT. If customers complain - and we
> all know they do - they would do something about it.

Someone who arrives on that web site to find text too small won't be a
customer, and won't likely complain, but simply take their money
elsewhere (assuming they don't know how to disable page styles or enable
accessibility mode). How many lost customers do you find it prudent to
be responsible for?
http://www.lighthouse.org/about/accessibility/bigtype_top10.htm

>  If you want large text, decrease your resolution.

o_O http://css.nu/articles/font-analogy.html

Fine detail[1] equates to quality. Your directive is to trade text size
for quality, which is ludicrous, as is any implication at all that any
user should have to make some specific personal adjustment of any kind
in order to use your web page.

Astute users don't change resolution to change text size, they change
resolution to change quality, up to _improve_ it. If as a result they
find that sizes are inappropriate, they use the adjustments provided for
that purpose. Operating systems and browsers, tools, come with
adjustability precisely so their owners/users can tailor behavior to
their _personal_ requirements. Interfering with those adjustments by
overriding or disregarding them is entirely rude and unnecessary.

In addition, modern flat panel displays come with a native resolution,
one which when deviated from at all reduces quality beyond that which
would be expected from a resolution decrease alone. Most new computers
have these flat panel displays, often with high native resolution, since
most new computers currently sold are laptops.

[1] http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=resolution
6-The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a
video display terminal.
-- 
"All have sinned & fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 NIV

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