On Tuesday 16 September 2008 13:45, Sebastian Werner wrote:
> Dynamic theme changes are not supported anymore in 0.8. There is still
> some API available to do this in qx.theme.manager.*, but this is not
> supported anymore.


I hope my first response to this did not seem too aggressive - it horrified 
me.

I'd like you to understand the significance of this for me.

Building complex AJAX applications with a single fixed font size is simply not 
acceptable from an accessibility point of view, nor is having alternate 
versions to download.

My users MUST be able to (quickly and easily) try a different range of font 
sizes until they find one they can work with.

12 months ago I invested several months of development using qooxdoo. 
Generally I loved it, but this adaptability issue became a show-stopper for 
my use of qooxdoo.

Because of that I had to go and try other JS frameworks (EXTJS, DOJO and doing 
my own).

Frankly, overall qooxdoo still wins - and by so much that I've decided to come 
back and stay.

With 0.8 It appears the layout classes have improved considerably (or maybe 
it's just my understanding of them). 

Soooo, if I can just get dynamic font changes working I'll be sorted - quoxdoo 
for ever!

Your reply above reads like you are (attitudinally) going backwards and it 
worries me for the future - what other usability aspects might you take out 
of future releases?

It feels like you believe that rapid, easy adaptation to users' needs and 
preferences does not matter. It does!

Please assure me you undersand this.

Chris


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