Re: Unifying the rendering approach

I believe the anchor point approach, with the box itself expanding to
accommodate the enlarged text, is the most effective solution.


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Nigel Megitt <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk>wrote:

>  On 24/02/2014 15:05, "Loretta Guarino Reid" <lorettaguarino@google.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Nigel Megitt <nigel.megitt@bbc.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> This choice seems to be between reading text that is smaller than ideal or
>> reading text that isn't visible at all. I'd bet it's easier to read small
>> text than invisible text.
>>
>
>
>  No, both are equivalently unreadable. (Believe me, as my eyes have aged,
> I know!). If the user has increased the text size, it is because it is
> functionally necessary . And while I would prefer that the captions not
> obscure important on-screen information, I would take that possibility over
> not having the captions functionally available at all.
>
>
>    Remember this is an idea only for a potential fallback scenario if,
> otherwise, the text would not fit on the screen, and therefore certainly be
> functionally unavailable.
>
>  If this idea offers no benefit, how would you prefer this scenario to be
> handled?
>
>  Kind regards,
>
>  Nigel
>
>
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