- From: Patrick Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:38:08 +0100
- To: "W" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Well, Tina's short and sweet sentence pretty much summed it up. Additionally, I'd posit that comprehension decreases when line length is dramatically sub-optimal (overly long lines of small text, or a large number of very short lines with only one word or less per line). This would, I'd imagine (and yes, this is conjecture, I have no direct link to research at hand), be even more problematic for visitors with cognitive disabilities? Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Budd [mailto:andy@message.uk.com] > Sent: 17 August 2004 16:25 > To: W > Subject: Re: Using em or percent for properties that need to change > > > > Patrick Lauke wrote: > > > I'd say no. Optimal width of, say, a column of text should really > > relate > > to the size of the font used, in my opinion. Hence, it would ideally > > be defined in ems or ens...so elastic or semi elastic layouts. > > Again, potentially a good idea for sites to define more than one > > stylesheet: > > an elastic or semi elastic one, and a fixed width one... > > But is that an accessibility issue, a usability issue, or a personal > preference? > > Andy Budd > > http://www.message.uk.com/ > > >
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