Re: Jonathan's concern: Zoom in responsive drops content

On 04/07/2016 14:30, Adam Solomon wrote:
> It is common in responsive design to provide different even limited
> functionality for mobile users as David described. We should not
> disallow such a design pattern under any circumstances.
> Each view must be accessible. However, if a mobile user cannot access
> the higher res view and instead is fed a limited mobile-oriented view
> and that view is accessible then there is no discrimination against that
> user, for all users in the mobile environment are given the same
> accessible functionality.

What happens if the reduced functionality mobile view is triggered 
because the user (e.g. on a desktop/laptop) has simply set their zoom to 
be high enough to comfortably read the site? I think there's some 
overlap here where it does fall within the realm of accessibility.

> Consider a situation where a webmaster has two sites, one of which
> provides more functionality, while the other less. No violation here.
> Extending this logic to a situation where the server feeds content and
> functionality based on user preferences, so too no violation.
> When access to functionality is determined by client scripts (but not
> because of lack of accessibility) so too there should be no violation of
> wcag.
> Webmasters have the right to determine what content is available to
> users, unless the criterion for that decision inherently discriminates
> against users who require accessible content.

In the zoom scenario, that would be the case, arguably.

P
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Received on Monday, 4 July 2016 14:00:31 UTC