I think it's still necessary... These articles sum it up well. http://zomigi.com/blog/why-browser-zoom-shouldnt-kill-flexible-layouts/ http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200906/page_zoom_does_not_mean_the_end_of_flexibility/
________________________________ From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of James Jeffery Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 11:08 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] How Important Is Web Accessibility? Zooming is present on the majority of modern browsers, so where does this leave elastic layouts, and em's? Should we still develop sites that grow should the user want to increase the text size? Even though it's the lower browsers that do that? I've been out of the scene for a while, so I've lost touch with the current practices and conventions. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************