- From: <carol.j.smith@accenture.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:57:44 -0600
- To: <public-wai-eo-site@w3.org>
Nice work Justin. If we use the toggle, I suggest we show the user which is active currently - I'm not sure what would work best to do this. I usually assume that the middle position is active, but in this example the smallest size is active since we are starting with a smaller font. I agree about the cookie being helpful to the user so they do not need to reset their settings with each visit. Carol -----Original Message----- From: public-wai-eo-site-request@w3.org [mailto:public-wai-eo-site-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Justin Thorp Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:30 PM To: public-wai-eo-site@w3.org Subject: Re: font size toggle issues I put together a very rough prototype of the font toggle and the style switcher. http://www.msu.edu/~thorpjus/w3cwai/fontsize/a/ The font toggle is in the upper right corner of the page, in the gray bar. I have put in 3 font size choices. http://www.msu.edu/~thorpjus/w3cwai/fontsize/b/ The style switcher is in the left column below the search box. These are very rough and are just to show some of the different approaches we can take. We would need some type of cookie to store the person's font or style sheet preferences. When a user comes back to the page I would think we want it to look the same way it did when they left the site. Sincerely, -justin On Feb 18, 2005, at 10:17 PM, Shawn Henry wrote: > Justin, > > Thanks for initial comments! Also interested in any implementation > issues (e.g., solution requires cookies) as well as critiques (e.g., > on mailing lists). > > Also, I'm thinking we might want a combination of options, e.g., in > that top bar a 3 size font toggle and keep the link that goes to a > page that teachs how to change in your own browser, as well as > possibly different style sheets to pick from. > > Hope you have a great weekend! > > ~ Shawn > > > Justin Thorp wrote: >> We had talked about the possibility of having a font size toggle on >> the WAI web site. Does having a font toggle set a precedent that you >> need to have one in order to make your site accessible? >> I have seen font size toggles done different ways. >> Wired.com's approach is definitely one of them. >> (http://www.wired.com/). Wired.com only gives the user three options >> for font sizes. What if a user wants to have their font bigger or >> smaller then the three options that it has to offer? >> Another approach is to give a set of different style sheets that the >> user can switch from. You could probably setup different style >> sheets that would taylor to different disabilities. I would think >> that disabilities are so unique and because people could have >> multiple disabilities, that it would be hard to nail down a certain >> set of styles. Here are some examples: >> http://www.alistapart.com/d/bodyswitchers/iotbs.html >> http://www.websemantics.co.uk/accessibility/#switchstyles >> I would suggest having a control where you can make the font size >> bigger or smaller. Another idea would be to have a pull down menu >> with ten or fifteen sizes in it. I would think we want to give the >> user the widest amount of possibilities because needs different so >> greatly. >> I am going to see if I can put together an example over the weekend. >> Sincerely, >> Justin Thorp >> -- >> Justin Thorp >> Principal; Web Developer & Accessibility Specialist >> MyCapitalWeb.com LLC >> 3016 S. Deerfield >> Lansing, MI 48911 >> justin@mycapitalweb.com >> my blog - http://thinkthentype.blogspot.com > > Justin Thorp Principal; Web Developer & Accessibility Specialist MyCapitalWeb.com LLC 3016 S. Deerfield Lansing, MI 48911 justin@mycapitalweb.com my blog - http://thinkthentype.blogspot.com
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