Re: Definition of a basic platform

Hi Vivienne
By "basic platform", do you mean default browser settings?

If this is a yes, then a perfect baseline would be default settings, i.e.,
"Medium" text size, "Original size" / 100% zoom, etc.

Kind regards
Harry



On 22 November 2012 10:42, Vivienne CONWAY <v.conway@ecu.edu.au> wrote:

>   Hi all
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has looked at what defines a basic platform.  This
> is a question raised by some testers recently in relation to 1.4.4
> re-sizing text.  The answer seems to be "how long is a piece of string".
> For example, if the user has maximized the viewing window for their browser
> and then gone into View>Zoom>200%, it might well not work.  If we are only
> talking about the default size of the viewing window (not maximized), then
> it might be another story.
>
> I'm thinking that you work with the default size of the page and then
> enlarge to 200% and make sure you don't lose functionality - may not matter
> what the original size is, if it works, it works.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> Regards
>
>  Vivienne L. Conway, B.IT(Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(cs)
> PhD Candidate & Sessional Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A.
> Director, Web Key IT Pty Ltd.
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