- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 21:17:04 -0600
- To: Justin Thorp <justin@mycapitalweb.com>
- Cc: public-wai-eo-site@w3.org
Justin, Thanks for initial comments! Also interested in any implementation issues (e.g., solution requires cookies) as well as critiques (e.g., on mailing lists). Also, I'm thinking we might want a combination of options, e.g., in that top bar a 3 size font toggle and keep the link that goes to a page that teachs how to change in your own browser, as well as possibly different style sheets to pick from. Hope you have a great weekend! ~ Shawn Justin Thorp wrote: > > We had talked about the possibility of having a font size toggle on the > WAI web site. Does having a font toggle set a precedent that you need > to have one in order to make your site accessible? > > I have seen font size toggles done different ways. > > Wired.com's approach is definitely one of them. > (http://www.wired.com/). Wired.com only gives the user three options > for font sizes. What if a user wants to have their font bigger or > smaller then the three options that it has to offer? > > Another approach is to give a set of different style sheets that the > user can switch from. You could probably setup different style sheets > that would taylor to different disabilities. I would think that > disabilities are so unique and because people could have multiple > disabilities, that it would be hard to nail down a certain set of > styles. Here are some examples: > http://www.alistapart.com/d/bodyswitchers/iotbs.html > http://www.websemantics.co.uk/accessibility/#switchstyles > > I would suggest having a control where you can make the font size bigger > or smaller. Another idea would be to have a pull down menu with ten or > fifteen sizes in it. I would think we want to give the user the widest > amount of possibilities because needs different so greatly. > > I am going to see if I can put together an example over the weekend. > > Sincerely, > Justin Thorp > > -- > Justin Thorp > Principal; Web Developer & Accessibility Specialist > MyCapitalWeb.com LLC > 3016 S. Deerfield > Lansing, MI 48911 > justin@mycapitalweb.com > my blog - http://thinkthentype.blogspot.com > > >
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