- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 10:16:06 -0700
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Magnification is less desirable than page relayout, since the user needs to now horizontally scroll to read information. It is an extra step, resulting in increased task performance time and in some cases missed information if scrolling is not done to the completion of a line (i.e. the user doesn't know to scroll or doesn't know how to use the scroll controls). Jon At 10:11 AM 8/25/99 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Jon Gunderson wrote: >> >> I think this is OK if part of it includes having the text wrap to the width >> of a visual view port. This can be problematic as the text size grows and >> words are split between lines to conform to the view port width requirement. > >With a zoom functionality, the layout doesn't change as the size >increases. >It's just magnification, no relayout. > > - Ian > > >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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