RE: Question from PF about CSS Device Adaptation spec

1) yes, 2)  likely rarely.

 

I know that Wayne Dick has a lot of experience in that area - he could likely provide more feedback. (http://www.knowbility.org/v/staff-detail/Wayne-Dick/5q/) 

 

JF

 

 

From: ahby@aptest.com [mailto:ahby@aptest.com] On Behalf Of Shane McCarron
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 12:46 PM
To: James Craig
Cc: Janina Sajka; David Bolter; Cynthia Shelly; W3C WAI Protocols & Formats
Subject: 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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