Re: Enabling Zoom on Mobile Devices

The requirement is that text must be able to scale to 200%  not that the 
user can enlarge the whole site to 200%.

If designers remove the ability for the user to pinch zoom then they 
must provide another way to meet this requirement to scale the text.

Regards,
James

On 1/15/2015 12:16 PM, Jonathan Avila wrote:
>
> I consider limiting user scaling a violation under 1.4.4.   The SC is 
> clear that use of AT is not permitted to meet the requirement.
>
> Jonathan
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> *From:*Mike Elledge [mailto:melledge@yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:09 PM
> *To:* WCAG (w3c-wai-gl@w3.org)
> *Subject:* Enabling Zoom on Mobile Devices
>
> Hi All--
>
> Is it required under WCAG 2.0 AA that users can enlarge *mobile sites* 
> to 200%? The question came up during our monthly accessibility forum, 
> and I haven't been able to find anything about it online.
>
> Apparently it is not uncommon for designers to set a fixed width for 
> Responsive Web Designs, which, it seems to me, would be a violation of 
> 1.4.4.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Mike
>

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