Be nice Iain! Final warning.
Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Iain Harrison > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:53 PM > To: Lothar B. Baier > Subject: Re[2]: [WSG] Font size and arrogance > > Hello Lothar, > > Thursday, November 18, 2004, 8:06:50 PM, you wrote: > > > On every computer I know, it is possible to > > reduce the screenresolution to get bigger text to the screen. > > You've never used an LCD screen that only works well at one > resolution? You've never used a PDA? > > I don't think you understand the issue of accessibility at all. In > many countries, laws have been needed to force people like you to > catch up. > > > So, when > > sobody with a handicap on his eyesight uses to set the > screenresolution > > to the max. possible, he should not blame a webdesigner for > no longer > > being able to read the text on a website. I design all my > websites on a > > computer with the screenresolution set appropriate to the > size of the > > screen I use. If the user does the same, he will be able to > read, what > > is written there. If not, it's not my fault. > > If I build a road for you, don't you worry about the six-inch-high > jagged rocks sticking out of the surface, or the eight-inch-deep > potholes in the road, or the 1:2 gradients. They don't matter. > > I drive a big 4x4 and that drives along the road with no trouble at > all. I build the road for my car with a surface appropriate for the > vehicle I use. If the user does the same, he will be able to travel, > along that road. If not, it's not my fault. > > -- > Best regards, > Iain mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ****************************************************** > 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 ******************************************************
