Re: Question from PF about CSS Device Adaptation spec

At the risk of opening a can of worms, do user style sheets actually work?
 And does anyone use them?

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:43 PM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:

> Apologies. I misread the spec reference Janina mentioned. This is indeed
> documenting the existing viewport method for controlling user zoom. I
> misread the request below and thought this was referencing a new CSS
> *property*.
>
>
> > On Sep 10, 2014, at 12:28 PM, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's probably worth having PF or UAAG raise this as a potential
> accessibility issue. The CSS "user-zoom" property does not appear to be
> implemented yet and I do not see a bug for it on WebKit.org, but there are
> similar UI zoom control features implemented as meta viewport. Arguably a
> CSS variant is more accessible than viewport because a user can override it
> with a user style sheet, but the accessibility concern should be noted and
> accounted for in the CSS spec.
> >
> >
> >> On Sep 10, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, Cynthia, James, David:
> >>
> >> A quick question about a CSS spec long in draft status ...
> >>
> >> In our continuing W3C spec reviews, PF discussion raised the question
> about whether a particular CSS feature was being implementedin browsers.
> >>
> >> The draft specification is Device Adaptation:
> >> http://www.w3.org/TR/css-device-adapt/
> >>
> >> The feature we're curious about is called "fixed zoom."
> >>
> >> Our telecon discussion about this is minuted at:
> >> http://www.w3.org/2014/08/20-pf-public-minutes.html#item09
> >>
> >> Again, we're interested whether or not "fixed zoom" is actually being
> >> implemented in shipping products.
> >>
> >> Any info you can provide would be very helpful.
> >>
> >> TIA
> >>
> >> Janina
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >
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> > Indifference towards people and
> > the reality in which they live
> > is actually the one and only
> > cardinal sin in design.
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> >
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> Indifference towards people and
> the reality in which they live
> is actually the one and only
> cardinal sin in design.
>                 — Dieter Rams
>
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