Gunlaug Sørtun wrote:
We do however know that the number of users who need to know and actively use such browser options, is growing with the number of elderly people on the web.
Uh, "we" do? :-) I found this article <http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/custom/modernlife/bal-ml.boomer17jun17,0,5613476.story> regarding the increasing availability of large-print books, which says in part: According to Lighthouse International (a group that helps people deal with loss of vision), 17 percent of Americans 45 and older have some form of visual impairment. In 2010, all boomers will have reached that milestone birthday -- a group of about 20 million -- and most will be feeling the effects of presbyopia, the inability to focus on objects close up. (By the time we hit our 40s or 50s, the elasticity of the eye naturally decreases with age, and our close-up sight is affected.) OK, fine -- but reading a hand-held paperback book and reading a screen a couple of feet away seem very different to me, for lots of reasons. So my question is: do we *know* that this applies to reading text /on a computer screen/? Not "guess", not "believe", *know*. Personally, I find 16px text far too large for comfortable reading. And before anyone pulls out the "dang whippersnappers" card, I'm 60 years old and I've worn eyeglasses for most of 'em. :-) Citations of actual research would contribute more to the discussion than unsubstantiated opinion -- IMHO! -- Hassan Schroeder ----------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webtuitive Design === (+1) 408-938-0567 === http://webtuitive.com dream. code. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
