RE: HTML WG Proposal: devs SHOULD NOT use content="user-scalable=no | maximum-scale=1.0 " on meta

This is also relevant to obviously to 1.4.4 Resize Text today.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Avila [mailto:jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 8:48 AM
To: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
Cc: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>; Steve Faulkner <sfaulkner@paciellogroup.com>
Subject: Re: HTML WG Proposal: devs SHOULD NOT use content="user-scalable=no | maximum-scale=1.0 " on meta

I agree it's an issue  most user agents now override it on mobile and desktop.  Safari on iOS was the last main hold out and it now overrides on iOS 10.  

Jon

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> On Sep 29, 2016, at 8:21 AM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> FYI
> 
> In the HTML WG, Steve Faulkner,  has a Proposal: "devs SHOULD NOT use 
> content="user-scalable=no | maximum-scale=1.0 " on meta2". [1]
> 
> I have linked to it in our "Size of all content" proposed WCAG 2.1 SC 
> Wiki page. [2]
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> Laura
> 
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/602
> [2] 
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/wiki/Size_of_all_elements
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
> 

Received on Thursday, 29 September 2016 13:05:02 UTC